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title: uneducated — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «uneducated» in the school dictionary: Uneducated means having had little or no schooling or education. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# uneducated

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**Who acts:** guesses, many poor children, Free schools, fewer people, first answer, My · **What happens:** uneducat, mean, have, describe, show, be · **To what, where:** speech, little knowledge, uneducated guess, someone, song · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«uneducated» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [uneducated in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uneducated.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Uneducated means having had little or no schooling or education.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:m1:1
# text = Uneducated means having had little or no schooling or education.
1	Uneducated	uneducat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	schooling	schooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	education	education	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **uneducat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Uneducated can also describe speech, writing or guesses that show little knowledge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:m2:1
# text = Uneducated can also describe speech, writing or guesses that show little knowledge.
1	Uneducated	uneducat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	guesses	guess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **uneducat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | can |  | speech and writing or guesses |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent speech=Theme |
| 3 | **show** | present | guesses | little knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent knowledge=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Victorian times many poor children were uneducated.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:x1:1
# text = In Victorian times many poor children were uneducated.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Victorian	victorian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	uneducated	uneducated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | many poor children |  |  |  | time | uneducated *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Free schools mean fewer people grow up uneducated.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:x2:1
# text = Free schools mean fewer people grow up uneducated.
1	Free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	uneducated	uneducated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Free schools |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grow up** | present | fewer people |  |  |  |  | uneducated *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Being uneducated is not the same as being unintelligent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:x3:1
# text = Being uneducated is not the same as being unintelligent.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	uneducated	uneducated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	unintelligent	unintelligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | uneducated *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | unintelligent *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My first answer was just an uneducated guess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:x4:1
# text = My first answer was just an uneducated guess.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	uneducated	uneducated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | My first answer | a uneducated guess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Malala fought so girls would not stay uneducated.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:x5:1
# text = Malala fought so girls would not stay uneducated.
1	Malala	Malala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	uneducated	uneducated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | Malala |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **stay** | would | girls |  |  |  |  | uneducated *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Calling someone uneducated because of their accent is unfair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:x6:1
# text = Calling someone uneducated because of their accent is unfair.
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	uneducated	uneducated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  |  | someone |  |  | because their accent; uneducated *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Calling |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **accent** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The robbers were all uneducated, and thought that the leader was merely singing a song as usual.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uneducated:x7:1
# text = The robbers were all uneducated, and thought that the leader was merely singing a song as usual.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	uneducated	uneducated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the robbers |  |  |  |  | all, uneducated *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the leader | a song |  |  |  | as usual; merely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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