Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
There were thousands of tadpoles in this quickly evaporating puddle and I wanted to save them.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (EX There))
(VP (AUX were)
(NP (NP (NNS thousands))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNS tadpoles))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT this)
(ADJP (RB quickly) (VBG evaporating)) (NN puddle)))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD wanted)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB save)
(NP (PRP them))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
To promote the screening of Knocked Up on SKY Movies DDB New Zealand collected thousands of tadpoles and converted an Eyelite into a fish tank.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (VP (TO To)
(VP (VB promote)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN screening))
(PP (IN of)
(S (VP (VBN Knocked) (PRT (RP Up))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NNP SKY) (NNS Movies) (NNP DDB) (NNP New) (NNP Zealand))))
(VP (VP (VBN collected)
(NP (NP (NNS thousands))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNS tadpoles)))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBN converted)
(NP (DT an) (NNP Eyelite))
(PP (IN into)
(NP (DT a) (NN fish) (NN tank)))))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
He says that no, the pond isn’t just full of green slime and mud, there are thousands of tadpoles, which in themselves are interesting because of the way they metamorphose.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBZ says)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (S (ADVP (RB no)) (, ,)
(NP (DT the) (NNP pond))
(VP (AUX is) (RB n't)
(ADJP (RB just) (JJ full)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (JJ green) (NN slime)) (CC and)
(NP (NN mud))))
(, ,)
(S (NP (EX there))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (NP (NNS thousands))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNS tadpoles)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP themselves)))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ interesting))
(PP (IN because) (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN way))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBP metamorphose)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Moreover, the frogs have transcended their human limitations and have developed the ability to convert their bodies to biological factories, producing thousands of tadpoles which become frog monsters.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Moreover)) (, ,)
(NP (DT the) (NNS frogs))
(VP (VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN transcended)
(NP (PRP$ their) (JJ human) (NNS limitations))))
(CC and)
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN developed)
(NP (DT the) (NN ability)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB convert)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS bodies))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (JJ biological) (NNS factories))))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG producing)
(NP (NP (NNS thousands))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNS tadpoles))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (VP (VBP become)
(NP (NN frog) (NNS monsters))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Thousands of tadpoles were released into a site in Sir Joseph Banks Reserve and post – release monitoring was done by the local community.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (NNS Thousands))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNS tadpoles))))
(VP (AUX were)
(VP (VBN released)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN site))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Sir) (NNP Joseph) (NNP Banks) (NNP Reserve))))
(CC and)
(NP (NN post))))
(: -)
(S (NP (NN release) (NN monitoring))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (AUX done)
(PP (IN by)
(NP (DT the) (JJ local) (NN community)))
(. .)))