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title: disk — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disk» in the school dictionary: A disk is a flat round thing, like a plate or a coin, often made of metal or plastic; also a flat round plate that stores computer information. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disk

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**Who acts:** disk, flat round plate, sun, She, box, you · **What happens:** be, make, store, look, polish, shine · **To what, where:** flat round thing, plate, computer information, metal disk, silver disk, disk

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«disk» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [disk in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disk.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A disk is a flat round thing, like a plate or a coin, often made of metal or plastic; also a flat round plate that stores computer information.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disk:m1:1
# text = A disk is a flat round thing, like a plate or a coin, often made of metal or plastic; also a flat round plate that stores computer information.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disk	disk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
23	also	also	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
25	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
26	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
28	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	stores	store	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
30	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a disk | a flat round thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a plate or a coin *not said here* |  |  |  | of metal or plastic; often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **store** | present | a flat round plate | computer information |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sun looked like a bright disk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disk:x1:1
# text = The sun looked like a bright disk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	disk	disk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  | like a bright disk | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She polished the metal disk until it shone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disk:x2:1
# text = She polished the metal disk until it shone.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	polished	polish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	disk	disk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | past | She | the metal disk |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent disk=Destination |
| 2 | **shine** | past | disk |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The box held a silver disk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disk:x3:1
# text = The box held a silver disk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	disk	disk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the box | a silver disk |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disk=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put the disk in the computer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disk:x4:1
# text = Put the disk in the computer.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	disk	disk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the disk |  | the computer |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent disk=Theme in computer=Destination |

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