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Protected Sequences
Protected sequences are used to exclude entries or parts of entries from the
IntuitiveCoding analysis. This can be achieved by using quotes (“ “) to indicate a partly
protected sequence, or in the special grammatical category field in SDM.
Protected sequences should be used when:
The entry does not follow regular language rules and the analysis will therefore be
incorrect. Foreign words, foreign multiword expressions, trademarks, and other
unusual terms can cause this to occur.
The entry is part of a sentence that is normally not expected as a dictionary entry and
will therefore not be coded by IntuitiveCoding.
The complete entry is very long and a part of the entry can be considered as a
protected sequence that does not need specific analysis.
The entry is incorrectly analyzed by IntuitiveCoding. Protecting the entry in conjunction
with another clue will force the entry to respect the clue without reporting a coding
error. In that case, the morphology of the entry needs to be specified since protected
sequences are considered as unknown by the IntuitiveCoding engine.
Reserved characters within a protected sequence are naturally protected.
Protected sequences should be used carefully. Protecting too many entries
reduces coding quality. Entries may lose their inflection capability and their part of
speech.
Bracketing
Use brackets to help the IntuitiveCoding software determine the appropriate structure
of a multiword expression, or to apply a clue to one part of an expression.
Multiple Meanings
This type of entry can be used for words that have different meanings for different
constructions, or which have equivalent meanings.
When a same source entry has several meanings, the meanings are automatically
combined during the translation and the selection of a meaning is based on the
syntactic properties of the different meanings or on its position in the dictionary. For
example, for verbal entries, it is possible to combine transitivity and intransitivity
meanings for the same source entry.