Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It had been okay when it was just a dark secret that slept in the back of his mind.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (AUX been)
(ADJP (JJ okay))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (RB just) (DT a) (JJ dark) (NN secret)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (VP (VBD slept)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mind)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It stayed with him, the same way his mother’s hands stayed on Thorpe’s face and shoulders, an unsettling image that lurked in the back of his mind and ambushed him whenever he was in the middle of talking.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (VBD stayed)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (PRP him)))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ same) (NN way))
(SBAR (S (NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN mother) (POS 's)) (NNS hands))
(VP (VBN stayed)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (NNP Thorpe) (POS 's)) (NN face) (CC and) (NNS shoulders))))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (DT an) (JJ unsettling) (NN image))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VP (VBD lurked)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mind)))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD ambushed)
(NP (PRP him))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB whenever))
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN middle))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (VBG talking)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’m well and truly over having the thought of her linger in the back of my mind to the extent of I just want to head but something… hard…
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm) (ADVP (RB well) (CC and) (RB truly)) (ADVP (RB over))
(VP (AUXG having)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN thought))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ her) (VB linger))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN extent))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB just))
(VP (VBP want)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (NN head) (CC but) (NN something)
(NP (NNS ..)))
(. .)) (JJ hard) (NN ..))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And somewhere, in the back of my mind, I wondered, “Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I put my thumb here and pushed really hard?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And) (ADVP (RB somewhere)) (, ,)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD wondered) (, ,) ('' ')
(S ('' ') (ADVP (RB Hmm)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP wonder)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (VP (MD would)
(VP (VB happen)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VP (VBD put)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN thumb)) (ADVP (RB here)))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD pushed) (ADVP (RB really) (RB hard))))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Before I read a single word, I knew in the back of my mind that the following passage would consist of various interest groups complaining about their misrepresentation in the media, and how assorted television programs and movies used harmful stereotypes that they found offensive.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN Before)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP read)
(NP (DT a) (JJ single) (NN word)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD knew)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT the) (JJ following) (NN passage))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB consist)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (JJ various) (NN interest) (NNS groups))
(VP (VBG complaining)
(PP (IN about)
(NP (NP (PRP$ their) (NN misrepresentation)) (UCP (PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NNS media)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how))
(S (NP (JJ assorted) (NN television) (NNS programs) (CC and) (NNS movies))
(VP (VBD used)
(NP (JJ harmful) (NNS stereotypes))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBD found)
(S (ADJP (JJ offensive)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’m hanging out more and I feel energized and I’m never bored, but there’s this feeling in the back of my mind that I’m not good enough.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(VP (VBG hanging) (PRT (RP out)) (ADVP (RBR more)))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP feel)
(ADJP (VBN energized))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(ADJP (RB never) (JJ bored))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (EX there))
(VP (AUX 's)
(NP (DT this) (NN feeling))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm) (RB not)
(ADJP (JJ good) (RB enough))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
As each step takes him further away from her, he is aware only of the feel of her eyes on his back and the continuous stream of nauseating thoughts screaming at the back of his mind.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN As)
(S (NP (DT each) (NN step))
(VP (VBZ takes)
(NP (PRP him)) (ADVP (RB further) (RB away)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (PRP her))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ aware) (RB only)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN feel)))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ her) (NNS eyes))))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN back)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ continuous) (NN stream))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (JJ nauseating) (NNS thoughts))
(VP (VBG screaming)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mind)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He had a clock going in the back of his mind, and every step told him’ too damn long, too damn far. ’
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (AUX had)
(S (NP (DT a) (NN clock))
(VP (VBG going)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mind)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (DT every) (NN step))
(VP (VBD told)
(NP (PRP him)) (: ') (ADVP (RB too) (RB damn) (JJ long)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB too) (RB damn) (RB far))))
(. .) ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I won *n’t even feel that much better if I say to myself’ ’ well, there’ll be down time’ ’ because the back of my mind knows me better than that.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP won)
(S (NP (NNP *))
(VP (ADVP (RB n't) (RB even)) (VB feel)
(NP (DT that) (JJ much) (JJR better))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VP (VB say)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP myself))))
('' ') (: ')
(S (INTJ (UH well)) (, ,)
(NP (EX there))
(VP (MD 'll)
(VP (AUX be) (ADVP (RB down))
(NP (NN time) (POS ')) ('' ')
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind))))
(VP (VBZ knows)
(NP (PRP me)) (ADVP (ADVP (RBR better))
(PP (IN than)
(NP (DT that))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
There was some kind of tension growing in the back of Vernor’s mind?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (EX There))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT some) (NN kind))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN tension) (VBG growing))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Vernor) (POS 's)) (NN mind)))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The instant – on craze has been nagging at the back of my mind as something I’ve used before.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (DT The) (NN instant)) (: -)
(S (NP (IN on) (NN craze))
(VP (VBZ has)
(VP (VBN been)
(VP (VBG nagging)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (NN something))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 've)
(VP (VBN used) (ADVP (RB before)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It’s transparent, all the way in the back of my mind instead of all around me, constantly superimposed by the interior view of the bus or subway I was riding, or the reading room in the library where I spent a few hours with the girls as we got some quiet reading done.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (AUX 's)
(ADJP (JJ transparent)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (NP (PDT all) (DT the) (NN way))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))
(CONJP (RB instead) (IN of))
(NP (NP (DT all))
(PP (IN around)
(NP (PRP me)))
(, ,)
(VP (ADVP (RB constantly)) (VBN superimposed)
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ interior) (NN view))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN bus) (CC or) (NN subway))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (NN riding)) (, ,) (CC or)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN reading) (NN room))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN library))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD spent)
(NP (DT a) (JJ few) (NNS hours))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT the) (NNS girls)))
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBD got)
(NP (DT some) (JJ quiet) (NN reading)) (ADVP (RB done)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
When I don’t want to deal with something I ignore it and put it in the back of my mind.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX do) (RB n't)
(VP (VB want)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB deal)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NN something))))
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VP (VB ignore)
(NP (PRP it)))
(CC and)
(VP (VB put)
(NP (PRP it))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I knew in the back of my mind that I was playing in my 40th final and he was in his first one, so I knew that had to count for something.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD knew)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBG playing)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ my) (JJ 40th) (JJ final)))
(CC and)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ first) (CD one)))
(, ,) (CC so)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD knew)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (VP (AUX had)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB count)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NN something)))))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He knew he wasn’t supposed to be enjoying it – he knew, somewhere in the back of his mind, that this would make Geirvarr angry, and it was supposed to be wrong, but he couldn’t help but respond, press back hesitantly when Mikjall coaxed him to do so.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD knew)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was) (RB n't)
(VP (VBN supposed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBG enjoying)
(NP (PRP it)))
(: --)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD knew) (, ,) (ADVP (RB somewhere)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mind)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (S (NP (DT this))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB make)
(S (NP (NNP Geirvarr))
(ADJP (JJ angry)))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN supposed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ wrong)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (MD could) (RB n't)
(VP (VB help) (CC but) (VB respond) (, ,) (VB press) (ADVP (RB back) (RB hesitantly))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (NNP Mikjall))
(VP (VBD coaxed)
(NP (PRP him))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX do) (ADVP (RB so)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We read stories about this all the time, and it was something in the back of my mind.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (VBP read)
(NP (NP (NNS stories))
(PP (IN about)
(NP (DT this))))
(NP (PDT all) (DT the) (NN time))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (NN something))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Or maybe Ontario, because I still have UWO in the back of my mind.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (CC Or) (RB maybe)
(NP (NNP Ontario)) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB still))
(VP (AUX have) (ADVP (RB UWO))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN mind)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Dimly he was aware of other deliveries he was supposed to be doing, the useful information having been pushed to the back of his mind in the heated moments.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Dimly))
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJ aware)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (JJ other) (NNS deliveries))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN supposed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBG doing) (, ,)
(S (NP (DT the) (JJ useful) (NN information))
(VP (VBG having)
(VP (VBN been)
(VP (VBN pushed)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mind)))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (JJ heated) (NNS moments))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Something sparked in the back of his mind.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NN Something))
(VP (VBD sparked)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN back))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN mind)))
(. .)))
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