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title: educated — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «educated» in the school dictionary: Educated describes a person who has learned a lot, especially at school, college or university. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# educated

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**Who acts:** person, educated guess, She, educated woman, you, many sweets · **What happens:** educate, describe, learn, mean, teach, be · **To what, where:** person, lot, school, She, guess, knowledge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«educated» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [educated in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/educated.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Educated describes a person who has learned a lot, especially at school, college or university.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:m1:1
# text = Educated describes a person who has learned a lot, especially at school, college or university.
1	Educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	mark	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	college	college	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **educate** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | a person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 3 | **learn** | present · perfect | a person | a lot |  | school and college or university |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic |

<!-- .note -->
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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
As a verb form, «educated» means taught: «She was educated at a school in Dublin».

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:m2:1
# text = As a verb form, «educated» means taught: «She was educated at a school in Dublin».
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **educate** *speech: other* *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | as a verb form | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **teach** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **educate** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · passive |  | She |  | a school in Dublin |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An «educated guess» is a guess based on some knowledge, not a wild guess.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:m3:1
# text = An «educated guess» is a guess based on some knowledge, not a wild guess.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	educated	educated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a educated guess | a guess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **base** | participle |  | a guess *not said here* |  | some knowledge and a wild guess |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on knowledge=Source |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My grandma was educated at a small village school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:x1:1
# text = My grandma was educated at a small village school.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **educate** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | My grandma |  | a small village school |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is a well-educated woman who speaks four languages.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:x2:1
# text = She is a well-educated woman who speaks four languages.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	educated	educated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | a educated woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | a educated woman | four languages |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make an educated guess: how many sweets are in the jar?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:x3:1
# text = Make an educated guess: how many sweets are in the jar?
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	educated	educated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | a educated guess |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset guess=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present | many sweets |  |  | the jar |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Before the experiment, write an educated guess about what will happen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:x4:1
# text = Before the experiment, write an educated guess about what will happen.
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	experiment	experiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	educated	educated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | a educated guess |  |  | before the experiment |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guess=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | future | a educated guess |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the past, many girls were not educated at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:x5:1
# text = In the past, many girls were not educated at all.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **educate** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | many girls |  | the past |  | at all | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was educated at home by his parents.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:x6:1
# text = He was educated at home by his parents.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **educate** *speech: other* | past · passive | his parents | He |  | home |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"He must be a well-educated swineherd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educated:x7:1
# text = "He must be a well-educated swineherd.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **educate** *speech: other* *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | He | a educated swineherd |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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