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Number subgrammar

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On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 01:34:04PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> What happens to {ki'o} without leading digits?
> What about {ki'o} after {pi} to separate thousandths?

I don't know what happens to ki'o without leading digits. Any suggestions?

I also don't know what happens after {pi}. The book's examples are bizarre.

3.9) pi ki'o re re
point comma two two
.022

So did the digits back up? When would they start going to the right again? Or did the first ki'o only add a single zero?

3.10) pi pa ki'o pa re ki'o pa
point one comma one two comma one
.101012001

Where did the fourth 1 come from? How in the world are we supposed to determine what places are being jumped to?

I suppose I could allow {ki'o} after {pi} and assume someone will come up with
a consistent system.

> > decimal1 <- MAhU? decimal2 / MAhU
> > decimal <- decimal1 CEhI?
> > digitplace <- decimal PIhE?
> > tuple <- digitplace+
> > real <- decimal / tuple
> > indef <- PI? RO / TUhO
> > component <- real / indef
> > fraction <- component FIhU fraction / component
>
> What about {fi'u} without anything in front?

I thought I had question marks there. I must have shuffled some rules around
and forgotten them. That was certainly my intention.

> > complex <- fraction? KAhO fraction? / fraction
> > quantity <- component / fraction / DAhA quantity
> > range <- SUhO quantity?
>
> What about {da'a su'o ci}, "all but at least three"?

Darn. Guess I'll need to allow either DAhA or SUhO at two different levels.

> > fuzzy <- complex JIhI complex
> > number <- quantity / complex / fuzzy / range / indef number
>
> I would allow two quantities/ranges in a row. The meaning would be:
>
> 1- When the two ranges intersect, the intersection:
>
> za'ucime'iso = more than three and less than nine.
>
> 2- When the two ranges don't intersect, the union:
>
> me'ivoza'uvo = less than four or more than four (i.e. other than four).

Useful. I'll account for that.

> 3- When one of the quantities is definite and the other indefinite, they
> are identified:

Yeah, that's what the "indef number" part does (though I have to move it
forward in the list, or else the parser never gets there. There are other
problems like that in this version, too, such as "re" before "rei".)

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Rob Speer