is [: has] - query wrong verb

Thu Aug 14 16:34:00 UTC 2025

Hi Lenoid, 

Thanks so much for investigating, 

'on word level' means the individual word within the utterance, as opposed 
to 'utterance level' which is reserved for [+ ] postcodes .eg., [+ gram].

so specifically honing in on the word *"is" *in the sentence PAR: an(d) the 
baby it *is* [: has] [*] a truck [: car] [* s:r] . [+ sem] [+ gram]

I think what i'm trying to see is if any of the error codes in the CLAN 
manual part 1 from P.108 can be assigned to this as currently we have be 
very conservative and used an asterisk in square brackets to denote an 
error at word level occurred but we can't specify. I have pasted below for 
ease.  

Thank you. 

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*18.1.2* *Semantic errors [* s]*

s:r related word, target known, as in *mother *for *father*

s:ur unrelated word, target known, as in *comb* for *umbrella*

s:uk word, unknown target, as in “I go *wolf”*

s:per perseveration, as in “he kicked the ball through the *ball*”

For errors with related words for known targets, one can add these 
additional distinctions:

s:r:prep wrong preposition, as in *on* for *in* or *off* for *out*

s:r:seg word that is a partial segment of the target, as in *fire* for 
*fireman*

s:r:der derivational error using a real word, as in *assess* for *assessment 
*or *humbleness* for *humility*

Errors involving grammatical categories, such as number, case, 
definiteness, or gender are

coded as [* s:r:gc]. These can be further coded using the relevant part of 
speech, such as

“art” for article or “pro” for pronoun, and “der” for derivation, as in 
these examples:

s:r:gc:art definite for indefinite, indefinite for definite, definite for 
zero

s:r:gc:pro *his* for *her*, *your* for *yours*, *my* for *mine*

*Part 1: CHAT 109*

*18.1.3* *Neologisms [* n]*

n:k neologism, known target, does not meet phonological error criteria

n:uk neologism, unknown target

n:k:s neologism, known target, stereotypy (recurring non-word)

n:uk:s neologism, unknown target, stereotypy (recurring non-word)

n:k:der neologism, known target, as in *integrativity* for *integration, *
or *foundament *for* foundation*

*18.1.4* *Morphological errors [* m:a]*

For the coding of morphological errors, these nine abbreviations can be 
used:

-ing progressive

-3s 3rd person singular

-ed past

-en perfective

-s noun plural

-'s possessive

-s' possessive plural

-er comparative

-est superlative

Missing regular forms, in which the base lemma appears with no suffix, are 
coded with

m:0, as in m:0ing missing progressive suffix

m:03s *missing 3rd person singular suffix

m:0ed missing regular past suffix

m:0s *missing regular plural suffix

m:0's missing possessive suffix

m:0s' missing possessive plural suffix

However, the two codes marked above with * should usually be coded instead 
as agreement. errors, as noted below.

Substitutions of the base form for irregulars, with omission of the 
expected marking, are coded with m:base:*, as in

m:base:s *child* for *children*, *ox* for *oxen*

m:base:ed *come* for *came*, *bring* for *brought*

m:base:en *take* for *taken *or* freeze *for* frozen*

m:base:er *badder* for *worse*

m:base:est *baddest* for *worst*

Substitutions of an irregular for the base form are coded with m:irr:* in 
this way:

m:irr:s *children* for *child*

m:irr:ed *found* for *find*

m:irr:en *taken *for *take*

Substitutions between past and perfective irregulars are coded with m:sub:* 
in this way:

m:sub:ed *frozen* for *froze, seen *for* saw*

*Part 1: CHAT 110*

m:sub:en *froze* for *frozen, saw *for* seen*

Overregularizations of irregulars are coded in this way:

m:=ed overregularized -ed past, as in *seed* for *saw*

m:=en overregularized -en perfective, as in *taked* for *taken*

m:=s overregularized –s plural, as in *childs* for *children*

Superfluous markings of regulars are coded in this way:

m:+ing superfluous progressive, as in *running* for *run*

m:+3s *superfluous 3rd person singular –s suffix, as in *goes* for *go*

m:+ed superfluous regular past, as in *walked* for *walk*

m:+en superfluous perfective, as in *taken* for *take*

m:+s *superfluous plural, as in *gowns* for *gown*

m:+'s superfluous possessive or plural possessive, as in *John*'*s *for* 
John.*

However, the two codes marked above with * should usually be coded as 
agreement errors,

as noted below.

Double markings of regulars and irregulars are coded in this way:

m:++ing *runninging*

m:++3s *wantses*

m:++ed *talkeded*

m:++en *changeded*

m:++s *sevenses*

m:++'s *boys*'*s*'*s*

Double markings of irregulars are marked using the above codes plus a final 
:i

m:++ed:i *tooked*

m:++en:i *brokened, takenen*

m:++s:i *feets*

Agreement errors for irregulars are marked in this way:

m:vsg:a verb 3rd singular for unmarked:

*has* for *have, is *for* are, was *for* were*

m:vun:a verb unmarked for 3rd singular

*have* for *has, are *for* is*, *were* for *was*

When agreement errors involve regulars, the :a should be added to the basic 
code, as in

m:03s:a *he want* for *he wants*

m:+3s:a *we wants* for *we want*

m:0s:a noun singular for plural, as in *two dog* for *two dogs*

m:+s:a noun plural for singular, as in *this dogs* for *this dog*

Allomorphy errors in the stem or base are coded in this way:

m:allo *knifes* for *knives, an *for* a*
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On Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 9:18:29 PM UTC+1 Leonid Spektor wrote:

> Hi Sophie,
>
> Perhaps I don't understand the meaning of "on word level". Let me know if 
> that is the case.
>
> Here are 4 FREQ commands that link error codes with corresponding words.
>
> freq test.cha +sm**
> freq test.cha +s"[\**]"
> freq test.cha +s"<\**>"
> freq test.cha +s"<\**>" +d6
>
> I ran those commands on sample file listed below:
>
> @Begin
> @Languages: eng
> @Participants: PAR Participant
> @ID: eng|sample|PAR|||||Participant|||
> *PAR: an(d) the baby it is [: has] [*] a truck [: car] [* s:r] . [+ sem] 
> [+ gram]
> %mor: coord|and det:art|the n|baby pro:per|it aux|have&3S det:art|a n|car 
> .
> %gra: 1|0|INCROOT 2|3|DET 3|1|COORD 4|7|SUBJ 5|7|AUX 6|7|DET 7|3|CMOD 
> 8|1|PUNCT
> @End
>
>
>
> Leonid. 
>
> On Aug 7, 2025, at 15:38, Sophie Brook <sophiem... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there, 
>
> Participant is describing a drawn picture of a baby sitting on the floor 
> playing with a car. 
>
> In a transcription we have:
>
> *PAR: an(d) the baby it* is [: has] *[* ] a truck [: car] [* s:r]. [+ 
> sem] [+ gram] •18119_22729•
>
> How do we error code on word level? 
>
> Couldn't find something relevant in CLAN part 1 for when a verb "is" has 
> been used for another main verb "has". 
>
> Please could you let me know what you think? Thank you. 
>
> Best, 
> Sophie 
>
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