Narrator: COMPRESSED THESIS COMICS today's thesis: Narrator: "Computational Measures of the Acceptability of Light Verb Constructions"
T-Rex: Light verb constructions (LVCs) are constructions like "take a stroll" and "give a smile"!
T-Rex: They are formed by combining a light verb (such as "take" and "give") with a complement ("stroll", "smile"). Most of the meaning of a (non-idiomatic) LVC comes from the complement ("stroll" and "smile"). Dromiceiomimus: Amazing! T-Rex: I know!
Utahraptor: But aren't some LVCs more acceptable than others? T-Rex: Yes, this is true!
Utahraptor: It would be really nice to be able to measure that computationally. T-Rex: Sure would! Hmm, I wonder if statistical measures of association would correlate well with human judgments of construction acceptability?
Narrator: TWO YEARS LATER: T-Rex: Hot crackers! They DO! T-Rex: I should totally write this stuff down!
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This comic is from April 12th, 2005! I didn't write things down here back then. Or maybe I did, and they are now LOST FOREVER. But here is a random merchandise image; perhaps you are... tantalized?
