Polarity

Polarity is the distinction of affirmative and negative, which indicates the truth or falsehood of a statement respectively.

Natural Language

In the UNLarium, polarity may assume two values:

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• affirmative (AFM)
• negative (NEG)

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Examples

• English
  • not = NEG
  • never = NEG
  • none = NEG

UNL

In UNL, the attribute polarity may assume two values:

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• @yes
• @not

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The attribute @yes is the default value and may be omitted

I do live here = live (or live.@yes)

The attribute polarity, when lexicalized, must not be informed

never = never (and not never.@not)

Examples

• @not: I don't live here = live.@not