Overview

• Use have-degree-91 (or have-quant-91) for comparatives and superlatives
  • the most expensive dress
  • the brightest boy
• Use have-degree-91 (or have-quant-91) for consequence constructions with too / enough / so
  • It is too early to reach any conclusions.
  • This computer is small enough to fit in your pocket.
  • He was so tired that he slept for 10 hours.
• Use :degree for intensifiers and downtoners.
  • The boy sang very beautifully.
  • He is kind of sad.
  • Carthage was utterly destroyed.
• Use :degree so for wh-exclamations.
  • What a great book!           = so great a book
  • How beautiful you are.     = You are so beautiful!

Example AMRs

Example:  the most expensive dress
     (d / dress
           :ARG1-of (h / have-degree-91
                 :ARG2 (e / expensive)
                 :ARG3 (m / most)))

Example:  "the girl is taller than the boy"
     (h / have-degree-91
           :ARG1 (g / girl)
           :ARG2 (t / tall)
           :ARG3 (m / more)
           :ARG4 (b / boy))

Example:  "the brightest boy"
     (b / boy
           :ARG1-of (h / have-degree-91
                 :ARG2 (b2 / bright-03
                       :ARG1 b)
                 :ARG3 (m / most)))

Example:  "a worse plan"
     (p / plan
           :ARG1-of (h / have-degree-91
                 :ARG2 (b / bad-07
                       :ARG1 p)
                 :ARG3 (m / more)))

Example:  It is too early to reach any conclusions.
     (h / have-degree-91
           :ARG1 (n / now)
           :ARG2 (e / early)
           :ARG3 (t / too)
           :ARG6 (c / conclude-01))

Example:  The car is much too expensive.
     (h / have-degree-91
           :ARG1 (c / car)
           :ARG2 (e / expensive)
           :ARG3 (t / too
                 :quant (m / much)))

Example:  This computer is small enough to fit in your pocket.
     (h / have-degree-91
           :ARG1 (c / computer
                 :mod (t / this))
           :ARG2 (s / small)
           :ARG3 (e / enough)
           :ARG6 (f / fit-06
                 :ARG1 c
                 :ARG2 (p / pocket
                       :poss (y / you))))

Example:  He was so tired that he slept for 10 hours.
     (h / have-degree-91
           :ARG1 (h2 / he)
           :ARG2 (t / tire-01
                 :ARG1 h2)
           :ARG3 (s / so)
           :ARG6 (s2 / sleep-01
                 :ARG0 h2
                 :duration (t2 / temporal-quantity :quant 10
                       :unit (h3 / hour))))

Example:  The boy sang very beautifully.
     (s / sing-01
           :ARG0 (b / boy)
           :ARG1-of (b2 / beautiful-02
                 :degree (v / very)))

Example:  He is kind of sad.
     (s / sad-02
           :ARG1 (h / he)
           :degree (k / kind-of))

Example:  Carthage was utterly destroyed.
     (d / destroy-01
           :ARG1 (c / city :wiki "Carthage"
                 :name (n / name :op1 "Carthage"))
           :ARG1-of (u / utter-02))

Example:  weapons of mass destruction
     (w / weapon
           :ARG2-of (d / destroy-01
                 :degree (m / mass)))

Example:  How beautiful you are.
     (b / beautiful-02
           :ARG1 (y / you)
           :degree (s / so))

Example:  What a great book!
     (b / book
           :mod (g / great
                 :degree (s / so)))

Counter Examples

Example:  Most students don't like math.
     (d / dislike-01
           :ARG0 (p / person
                 :ARG0-of (s / study-01)
                 :mod (m2 / most))
           :ARG1 (m / mathematics))

Example:  Dad, I need more money.
     (s / say-01
           :ARG0 i
           :ARG1 (n / need-01
                 :ARG0 (i / i)
                 :ARG1 (m / money
                       :mod (m2 / more)))
           :ARG2 (p / person
                 :ARG0-of (h / have-rel-role-91
                       :ARG1 i
                       :ARG2 (f / father))))

Example:  We entered the cave at noon and left it 2 hours later.
     (a / and
           :op1 (e / enter-01
                 :ARG0 (w / we)
                 :ARG1 (c / cave)
                 :time (d / date-entity
                       :dayperiod (n / noon)))
           :op2 (l / leave-11
                 :ARG0 w
                 :ARG1 c
                 :time (a2 / after
                       :op1 e
                       :quant (t / temporal-quantity :quant 2
                             :unit (h / hour)))))

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