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<p class="purpose">To create noun objects, each of which represents a single common or proper noun which may have multiple inflected forms.</p>
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<ul class="toc"><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP1">§1. A noun is more than a lexical cluster</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP4">§4. Structure</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP5">§5. Creation</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP7">§7. Subclass</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP8">§8. Logging</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP9">§9. Attaching some wording to a noun</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP10">§10. Name access</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP11">§11. Meaning</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP12">§12. Exact parsing in the lexicon</a></li><li><a href="2-nns.html#SP13">§13. Disambiguation</a></li></ul><hr class="tocbar">
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1"></a><b>§1. A noun is more than a lexical cluster. </b>Consider the line:
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<p>A mammal is a kind of animal.</p>
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<p class="commentary">Inform generates a new noun from this line: "mammal". This may well occur
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in a variety of inflected forms (though in English, there will be just two:
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"mammal" and "mammals"). That set of forms is gathered into a <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">lexical_cluster</span></span>
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object: see <a href="../inflections-module/3-lc2.html" class="internal">Lexical Clusters (in inflections)</a>. Lexical clusters are not necessarily
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of nouns — they are also used for adjectives, for example. So it would be
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wrong to represent a noun by a lexical cluster alone.
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</p>
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<p class="commentary">Inform instead attaches a <a href="2-nns.html#SP4" class="internal">noun</a> object to the new "mammal" kind. This object
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contains the lexical cluster to define its syntax, but it also has semantics attached.
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2"></a><b>§2. </b>From a linguistic point of view, the class of nouns can be divided into two
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subclasses: common nouns and proper nouns. "Mammal" is a common noun, whereas
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a sentence such as:
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<p>A carved oak table is here.</p>
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<p class="commentary">...creates a proper noun, "carved oak table". Nouns are not used only to
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refer to the model world of some interactive fiction, though: Inform uses
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common nouns for kinds of value, such as "number", and proper nouns for
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all sorts of specific but abstract things created in a program: activities,
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rulebooks and tables, for example.
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<p class="commentary">What we will call the "subclass" of the noun is always one of these values:
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<pre class="definitions code-font"><span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">COMMON_NOUN</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span>
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<span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">PROPER_NOUN</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">2</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3"></a><b>§3. </b>The other semantic ingredient in a <a href="2-nns.html#SP4" class="internal">noun</a> object is a pointer to some
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object which gives it a meaning. For example, for the "carved oak table" in
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the Inform example above that would be an <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">instance</span></span> object representing this
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piece of furniture in the model world.
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<p class="commentary">It might seem the wrong way around for the <a href="2-nns.html#SP4" class="internal">noun</a> object to contain its
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meaning — like saying that a luggage tag has a suitcase hanging from it,
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rather than vice versa. But this arrangement makes it convenient to add
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translations into non-English languages later on (i.e., at a time after the
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initial creation of the <a href="2-nns.html#SP4" class="internal">noun</a> object).
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4"></a><b>§4. Structure. </b></p>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">typedef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lexical_cluster</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">names</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">noun_subclass</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> either </span><span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">COMMON_NOUN</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> or </span><span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">PROPER_NOUN</span></span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">general_pointer</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">registration_category</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">ifdef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NOUN_COMPILATION_LINGUISTICS_CALLBACK</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_compilation_data</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_compilation</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> see </span><a href="../core-module/5-un.html" class="internal">Using Nametags (in core)</a><span class="comment-syntax"> on this</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">endif</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">ifdef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NOUN_DISAMBIGUATION_LINGUISTICS_CALLBACK</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_resolution_data</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_resolution</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> see </span><a href="../core-module/7-hdn.html" class="internal">Headings (in core)</a><span class="comment-syntax"> on this</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">endif</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CLASS_DEFINITION</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">} </span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>The structure noun is private to this section.</li></ul>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP5"></a><b>§5. Creation. </b>The following functions are called to create new proper or common nouns, and
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note that:
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<ul class="items"><li>(i) It is legal for the supplied text to be empty, and this does happen
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for example when Inform creates the nouns of anonymous objects, as in a
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sentence such as "Four people are in the Dining Room." Empty text in <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">W</span></span> means
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that no forms are added to the lexical cluster and nothing is registered with
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the lexicon.
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</li><li>(ii) If a noun is added to the lexicon with the special meaning code <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">NOUN_MC</span></span>,
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passed to these functions in <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">mc</span></span>, then the meaning given to the lexicon is
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the <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">noun</span></span> object itself, from which the ultimate <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">meaning</span></span> can then be
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derived. The reason for such an indirection is that it makes it possible to
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see whether the noun used was common or proper. Inform uses this when sorting
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out ambiguous names of instances or kinds.
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</li><li>(iii) The <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">options</span></span> are a bitmap which used to be larger, and is now reduced
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to a combination of just two possibilities:
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<pre class="definitions code-font"><span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">ADD_TO_LEXICON_NTOPT</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="comment-syntax"> register these forms with the lexicon</span>
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<span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">WITH_PLURAL_FORMS_NTOPT</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">2</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="comment-syntax"> add plurals to the forms known</span>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::new_proper_noun</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gender</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">mc</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">general_pointer</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">owner</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL_GENERAL_POINTER</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">owner</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">STORE_POINTER_parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-nns.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::new_inner</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">owner</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">PROPER_NOUN</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">mc</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gender</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::new_common_noun</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gender</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">mc</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">general_pointer</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">owner</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-nns.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::new_inner</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">owner</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">COMMON_NOUN</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">mc</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gender</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP6"></a><b>§6. </b>Note that
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</p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::new_inner</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup1')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup1">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::new_inner</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-nns.html#SP5">§5</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">general_pointer</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">owner</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">mc</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NATURAL_LANGUAGE_WORDS_TYPE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lang</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gender</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CREATE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">owner</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">registration_category</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">mc</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">noun_subclass</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">names</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Clusters::new</span><span class="plain-syntax">();</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::nonempty</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><a href="2-nns.html#SP9" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::supply_text</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lang</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gender</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">ifdef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NOUN_COMPILATION_LINGUISTICS_CALLBACK</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NOUN_COMPILATION_LINGUISTICS_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">endif</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7"></a><b>§7. Subclass. </b></p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::subclass</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">noun_subclass</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::is_proper</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">) && (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">noun_subclass</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">PROPER_NOUN</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::is_common</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup2')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup2">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::is_common</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-nns.html#SP14">§14</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">) && (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">noun_subclass</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">COMMON_NOUN</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8"></a><b>§8. Logging. </b></p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::log</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) { </span><span class="identifier-syntax">LOG</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"<untagged>"</span><span class="plain-syntax">); </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax">; }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-nns.html#SP10" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::nominative_singular</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::nonempty</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">LOG</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"'%W'"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP9"></a><b>§9. Attaching some wording to a noun. </b>As noted above, each noun comes with a cluster of names, and here's where
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we add a new one.
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</p>
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<p class="commentary">For the time being, nouns are registered with the lexicon only in their
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nominative cases; if we ever get to the point of Inform source text written
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fully in a language like German, that will need to change.
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</p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::supply_text</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup3')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup3">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::supply_text</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-nns.html#SP6">§6</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NATURAL_LANGUAGE_WORDS_TYPE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lang</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gender</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">number</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">linked_list</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">L</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Clusters::add</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">names</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lang</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">gender</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">number</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax"> & </span><span class="constant-syntax">WITH_PLURAL_FORMS_NTOPT</span><span class="plain-syntax">)?</span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE:FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">options</span><span class="plain-syntax"> & </span><span class="constant-syntax">ADD_TO_LEXICON_NTOPT</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">individual_form</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">LOOP_OVER_LINKED_LIST</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">individual_form</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">L</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">general_pointer</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">m</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">registration_category</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NOUN_MC</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">m</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">STORE_POINTER_noun</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Lexicon::register</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">registration_category</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Clusters::get_nominative_of_form</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">m</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP10"></a><b>§10. Name access. </b>We normally access names in their nominative cases, so:
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</p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::nominative_singular</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup4')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup4">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::nominative_singular</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-nns.html#SP8">§8</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">EMPTY_WORDING</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Clusters::get_form</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">names</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::nominative_singular_includes</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">vocabulary_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">wd</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-nns.html#SP10" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::nominative_singular</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">LOOP_THROUGH_WORDING</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">)</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">wd</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Lexer::word</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">))</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::nominative</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Clusters::get_form</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">names</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::nominative_in_language</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NATURAL_LANGUAGE_WORDS_TYPE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lang</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Clusters::get_form_in_language</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">names</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">plural_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lang</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::set_nominative_plural_in_language</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NATURAL_LANGUAGE_WORDS_TYPE</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lang</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Clusters::set_plural_in_language</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">names</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lang</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP11"></a><b>§11. Meaning. </b></p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="identifier-syntax">general_pointer</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL_GENERAL_POINTER</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">t</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP12"></a><b>§12. Exact parsing in the lexicon. </b></p>
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<pre class="definitions code-font"><span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">PARSE_EXACTLY_LEXICON_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-nns.html#SP12" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::parse_exactly</span></a>
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</pre>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::parse_exactly</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">excerpt_meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">em</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">em</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">meaning_code</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NOUN_MC</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">ifdef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CORE_MODULE</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">use_exact_parsing_option</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">endif</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP13"></a><b>§13. Disambiguation. </b>Here the parse node <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">p</span></span> stands at the head of a list of alternative meanings
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for some text: for example, they might be different possible meanings of the
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words "red chair" — perhaps the "red stuffed chair", perhaps the "red upright
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chair", and so on. We want to choose the most likely possibility.
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</p>
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<p class="commentary">Within Inform, this "likely" consideration is a matter of context — of which
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heading the noun appears under.
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</p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::disambiguate</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">common_only</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">first_nt</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="2-nns.html#SP13_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">If only one of the possible matches is eligible, return that</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">13.1</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="2-nns.html#SP13_2" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">If the matches can be scored, return the highest-scoring one</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">13.2</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="comment-syntax"> and otherwise...</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">first_nt</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP13_1"></a><b>§13.1. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">If only one of the possible matches is eligible, return that</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">13.1</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">candidates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p2</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p2</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p2</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p2</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">next_alternative</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">nt</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">RETRIEVE_POINTER_noun</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Lexicon::get_data</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_meaning</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p2</span><span class="plain-syntax">)));</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><a href="2-nns.html#SP14" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::is_eligible_match</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">nt</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">common_only</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">first_nt</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">nt</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">candidates</span><span class="plain-syntax">++;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">candidates</span><span class="plain-syntax"> <= </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">first_nt</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="2-nns.html#SP13">§13</a>.</li></ul>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP13_2"></a><b>§13.2. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">If the matches can be scored, return the highest-scoring one</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">13.2</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">ifdef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NOUN_DISAMBIGUATION_LINGUISTICS_CALLBACK</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">best_nt</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NOUN_DISAMBIGUATION_LINGUISTICS_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">common_only</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">best_nt</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">best_nt</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> #</span><span class="identifier-syntax">endif</span>
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<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="2-nns.html#SP13">§13</a>.</li></ul>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP14"></a><b>§14. </b></p>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::is_eligible_match</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup5')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup5">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::is_eligible_match</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-nns.html#SP13_1">§13.1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">noun</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">nt</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">common_only</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">common_only</span><span class="plain-syntax">) && (</span><a href="2-nns.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Nouns::is_common</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">nt</span><span class="plain-syntax">) == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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