Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We’re smart enough to know within half a second that a post is long.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (AUX 're)
(ADJP (JJ smart) (RB enough)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB know)
(PP (IN within)
(NP (PDT half) (DT a) (NN second)))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT a) (NN post))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ long))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If a post is especially long, step away from it for an hour or two.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN If)
(S (NP (DT a) (NN post))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB especially) (JJ long)))))
(, ,)
(VP (VB step) (ADVP (RB away)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (PRP it))))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT an) (NN hour) (QP (CC or) (CD two)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Why not to # 3: Each post will be too long!
(Parse)
(S1 (S (FRAG (WHADVP (WRB Why)) (RB not)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (# #) (CD 3))))
(: :)
(S (NP (DT Each) (NN post))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ long)))))
(. !)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This post is pretty long already so I’ll save the spinning & crocheting for the next time I post.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT This) (NN post))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB pretty) (JJ long)) (ADVP (RB already))
(SBAR (IN so)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD 'll)
(VP (VB save)
(NP (DT the)
(ADJP (JJ spinning) (CC &) (JJ crocheting)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the) (JJ next) (NN time))))
(NNP I) (NN post))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If you’re not sure if a post is too long, here are some guidelines: 1.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (S (SBAR (IN If)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX 're) (RB not)
(ADJP (JJ sure))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (DT a) (NN post))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ long)))))
(, ,) (ADVP (RB here))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (DT some) (NNS guidelines))))
(: :)
(NP (CD 1)) (. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The real problem isn’t that posts are too long or readers are too dumb, the real problem is that posts aren’t interesting enough.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (DT The) (JJ real) (NN problem))
(VP (AUX is) (RB n't)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (S (NP (NNS posts))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ long))))
(CC or)
(S (NP (NNS readers))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ dumb)))))
(, ,)
(NP (DT the) (JJ real) (NN problem))
(VP (AUX is)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (NNS posts))
(VP (AUX are) (RB n't)
(ADJP (JJ interesting) (JJ enough)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Someone you want to read your long blog posts (Marshall K posts are long) or watch twittervision without the other clutter on your desktop.
(Parse)
(S1 (NP (NP (NN Someone))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (VBP want)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VP (VB read)
(NP (PRP$ your) (JJ long) (JJ blog) (NNS posts)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(S (NP (NNP Marshall) (NNP K) (NNS posts))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ long))))
(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(CC or)
(VP (VB watch)
(NP (NN twittervision))
(PP (IN without)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ other) (NN clutter))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (PRP$ your) (NN desktop)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
A lot of things I could have said with just a link, a quote and a (hopefully) pithy comment were never said, or worse were stretched into posts too long to sustain their source material.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (DT A) (NN lot))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNS things))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBD said)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (RB just) (DT a) (NN link)) (, ,)
(NP (DT a) (NN quote)) (CC and)
(NP (DT a) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (RB hopefully) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (JJ pithy) (NN comment)))
(VP (AUX were) (ADVP (RB never))
(VP (VBD said))))
(, ,) (CC or)
(S (NP (JJR worse))
(VP (AUX were)
(VP (VBN stretched)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NP (NNS posts))
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ long))))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB sustain)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NN source) (NN material)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I needed to make a new post, too long. we got an email yesterday telling us that our family friend’s son who was 7 years old died. he had been battling a rare form of cancer in his leg since he was 2 my dad said it was a blessing because he was in so much pain in his final hours they had to sedate him I just broke down for his younger brother his parents the tiny coffin remembering his laugh such a small person having a funeral, just shouldn’t happen.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD needed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB make)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ new) (NN post)) (, ,)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ long)))))
(. .)
(NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBD got)
(NP (DT an) (NN email) (NN yesterday))
(S (VP (VBG telling)
(NP (PRP us))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (S (NP (NP (NP (PRP$ our) (NN family) (NN friend) (POS 's)) (NN son))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (NP (CD 7) (NNS years)) (JJ old)))
(VP (VBD died)))
(. .)
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (AUX been)
(VP (VBG battling)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ rare) (NN form))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN cancer))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN leg)))
(SBAR (IN since)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (CD 2))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP$ my) (NN dad))
(VP (VBD said)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (DT a) (NN blessing))
(SBAR (IN because)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (ADJP (RB so) (JJ much)) (NN pain))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (PRP$ his) (JJ final) (NNS hours))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX had)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (JJ sedate)
(NP (PRP him))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB just))
(VP (VBD broke) (PRT (RP down))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJR younger) (NN brother)))
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS parents))
(S (NP (DT the) (JJ tiny) (NN coffin))
(VP (VBG remembering)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN laugh)
(SBAR (S (NP (NP (PDT such) (DT a) (JJ small) (NN person))
(VP (AUXG having)
(NP (DT a) (NN funeral))))
(, ,) (ADVP (RB just))
(VP (MD should) (RB n't)
(VP (VB happen)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I could go on, but then this post would be interminably long.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (VB go) (PRT (RP on)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (ADVP (RB then))
(NP (DT this) (NN post))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (RB interminably) (JJ long)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Whether a post is long or short would matter, yes it is true.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN Whether)
(S (NP (DT a) (NN post))
(VP (VBZ is)
(ADJP (JJ long) (CC or) (JJ short)
(SBAR (S (VP (MD would)
(VP (VB matter)))
(, ,) (ADVP (RB yes))
(NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ true)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Frequently, posts are very long.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Frequently)) (, ,)
(NP (NNS posts))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ long)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I have to do this in two parts, as this post would be insanely long if I did it all in one – and who has that kind of time?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX have)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX do)
(NP (DT this))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (CD two) (NNS parts)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN as)
(S (NP (DT this) (NN post))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (RB insanely) (JJ long))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX did)
(NP (NP (PRP it))
(NP (DT all)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (CD one)))))
(: -) (SBARQ (CC and) (WHNP (WP who)) (SQ (VP (AUX has)
(NP (NP (DT that) (NN kind))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN time)))
(. ?))))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We hope you’ve enjoyed this edition of Posts That Are Entirely Too Long and Not the Least Bit Funny.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP We))
(VP (VBP hope)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX 've)
(VP (VBN enjoyed)
(NP (NP (DT this) (NN edition))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNS Posts))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT That))
(S (VP (VBP Are)
(ADJP (ADJP (RB Entirely) (RB Too) (JJ Long)) (CC and)
(ADJP (NP (RB Not) (DT the) (JJS Least) (NN Bit)) (JJ Funny)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
(Her eyes still trip along wardrobes and lamp – posts for a second too long, but no one would fault her that, she thinks.)
(Parse)
(S1 (S (-LRB- -LRB-)
(S (NP (PRP$ Her) (NNS eyes)) (ADVP (RB still))
(VP (NN trip) (PRT (RP along))
(NP (NNS wardrobes) (CC and) (NN lamp))))
(: -)
(S (NP (NP (NNS posts))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (NN second))))
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ long)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (DT no) (NN one))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (NN fault)
(NP (PRP her))
(SBAR (IN that) (, ,)
(S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (VBZ thinks))))
(. .) (-RRB- -RRB-)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Just a warning: this post is long, complicated, and I’m sorry if some stuff doesn’t make sense.
(Parse)
(S1 (NP (NP (RB Just) (DT a) (NN warning)) (: :)
(S (S (NP (DT this) (NN post))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ long) (, ,) (JJ complicated))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(ADJP (JJ sorry))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (DT some) (NN stuff))
(VP (AUX does) (RB n't)
(VP (VB make)
(NP (NN sense)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Hmm… post is long.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (CD Hmm)
(ADJP (FW ..) (. .)) (NN post))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ long)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I would like some opinions on if I quoted too much and if the post itself is too long.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB like)
(NP (NP (DT some) (NNS opinions))
(PP (IN on)
(SBAR (SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBN quoted)
(NP (RB too) (JJ much)))))
(CC and)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN post))
(NP (PRP itself)))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ long))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
My error message is about another line: www / blog / wp – includes / wp – diff. php on line 290 My post is very long: I ask myself if yours is a long post too or a short one?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP$ My) (NN error) (NN message))
(VP (AUX is)
(PP (IN about)
(NP (DT another) (NN line)))))
(: :)
(S (S (NP (CD www) (NNP /) (NN blog) (NNS /))
(VP (VBG wp)))
(: -)
(VP (VBZ includes)
(S (VP (ADVP (RB /)) (VBG wp)
(NP (: -) (NNP diff) (. .) (NN php))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (NN line))
(SBAR (S (NP (CD 290) (NNP My) (NN post))
(VP (VBZ is)
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ long)))))
(: :)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP ask)
(NP (PRP myself))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (NNS yours))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ long) (NN post)) (ADVP (RB too)))
(CC or)
(NP (DT a) (JJ short) (CD one)))))
(. ?)))
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