Slovenian and Spanish

Pending tasks

Slovenian monolingual dictionary

• Proofread pronouns in the Slovenian monolingual dictionary -- They should be complete, and have appropriate subcategorisation (pos, ind, def, qnt, dem, ...)
• Proofread prepositions in the Slovenian monolingual dictionary -- Take note that the same preposition with different forms should be included in a paradigm (e.g. "de" "d'" etc.)
  • Preposition/pronoun contractions should be added as in other pairs, with <j/>
• Proofread conjunctions in the Slovenian dictionary -- They should be split into coordinating and subordinating
• Proofread determiners in the Slovenian dictionary -- They should be complete, and have appropriate subcategorisation (pos, ind, def, qnt, dem, ...)
  • Some determiners are missing (e.g. the possessives moj, naš, vaš, etc.), these need to be added.
• Proofread open categories
  • Verbs are missing aspect markers (perf, imperf) these will need to be added.
  • Verbs are not marked for transitivity.
  • Nouns are not split in moški spol into animate/inanimate. -- They should be
  • Adjectives with superlatives output superlative lemma e.g. najstar -- these should be changed to output non superlative lemma. e.g. najstar → star. See e.g. example for lep, najlep
  • Proper nouns need to be split from common nouns and appropriately subcategorised (top, ant, ...), proper names should be with initial caps.

Slovenian→Spanish bilingual dictionary

Slovenian→Spanish transfer

• Move to 3+ levels of transfer
• Investigate how definiteness in Spanish can be inferred from Slovenian.
  • Perhaps consider marking count/mass in bilingual dictionary.
  • Are there any NP structures which are inherently definite ?
    • Superlatives
    • NPs with proper names (e.g. Parlament Slovenije → El Parlamento de Slovenia)

See also

• Pending tests
• Regression tests