{
  "id": 670783,
  "title": "Clarification on I–IV and A–D Dataset Labels",
  "url": "/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/670783",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-01-29T16:33:11.645576800Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi, I have a question about the dataset labels</p>\n<p>What exactly do I–IV and A–D represent? I roughly understand their purpose and how to use them, but I’d like to know their precise meanings</p>\n<p>I–IV are described as morphological/lexical categories !do they correspond to noun, verb, particle, pronoun, adjective, adverb, or function word?\nA–D are described as another syntactic classification?what do they represent exactly?,</p>\n<p>thanks :')</p>",
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    {
      "id": "3398760",
      "postDate": "01/29/2026 16:33:11",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I have a question about the dataset labels</p>\n<p>What exactly do I–IV and A–D represent? I roughly understand their purpose and how to use them, but I’d like to know their precise meanings</p>\n<p>I–IV are described as morphological/lexical categories !do they correspond to noun, verb, particle, pronoun, adjective, adverb, or function word?\nA–D are described as another syntactic classification?what do they represent exactly?,</p>\n<p>thanks :')</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I have a question about the dataset labels\n\nWhat exactly do I–IV and A–D represent? I roughly understand their purpose and how to use them, but I’d like to know their precise meanings\n\nI–IV are described as morphological/lexical categories !do they correspond to noun, verb, particle, pronoun, adjective, adverb, or function word?\nA–D are described as another syntactic classification?what do they represent exactly?,\n\n\nthanks :')",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3398819",
      "postDate": "01/29/2026 18:36:45",
      "content": "<p>They are homograph lexemes, i.e. words that are written the same way but have different meanings.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "They are homograph lexemes, i.e. words that are written the same way but have different meanings.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3398913",
      "postDate": "01/29/2026 22:25:28",
      "content": "<p>Sorry, I don’t think you answered my question.\nI’m asking whether:</p>\n<p>I represents a verb or a verbal noun</p>\n<p>II represents a noun</p>\n<p>III represents a pronoun</p>\n<p>IV represents a particle or function word</p>\n<p>And the same for A–D: what exactly do they represent?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Sorry, I don’t think you answered my question.\nI’m asking whether:\n\nI represents a verb or a verbal noun\n\nII represents a noun\n\nIII represents a pronoun\n\nIV represents a particle or function word\n\nAnd the same for A–D: what exactly do they represent?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3398933",
      "postDate": "01/29/2026 23:41:11",
      "content": "<p>To illustrate these homograph lexemes, let's look at an example:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Lexeme</th>\n<th>Spelling</th>\n<th>Normalization</th>\n<th>eBL URL</th>\n<th>Roman Numeral</th>\n<th>Letter</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>amārum</td>\n<td>né-mu-ur-šu</td>\n<td>nēmuršu</td>\n<td><a href=\"https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum</a></td>\n<td>I</td>\n<td>A</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>amārum</td>\n<td>e-té-me-er</td>\n<td>etemer</td>\n<td><a href=\"https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum</a></td>\n<td>II</td>\n<td>B</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<ul>\n<li>amārum I OR A means \"to see\"</li>\n<li>amārum II OR B means \"to pile up bricks\"</li>\n</ul>\n<p>They can be written the same, so to differentiate between them, the lexicon in eBL uses Roman numerals I-IV, and the dictionary in the CAD uses letters A-D. These numerals and letters don't 'mean' anything of themselves, they are only used to show that these homographs are actually different in terms of their meanings.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "To illustrate these homograph lexemes, let's look at an example:\n|Lexeme|Spelling|Normalization|eBL URL|Roman Numeral| Letter |\n|--------|--------|--------------|---------|----------------|-------|\n|amārum|né-mu-ur-šu|nēmuršu|https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum|I|A|\n|amārum|e-té-me-er|etemer|https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum|II|B|\n\n- amārum I OR A means \"to see\"\n- amārum II OR B means \"to pile up bricks\"\n\nThey can be written the same, so to differentiate between them, the lexicon in eBL uses Roman numerals I-IV, and the dictionary in the CAD uses letters A-D. These numerals and letters don't 'mean' anything of themselves, they are only used to show that these homographs are actually different in terms of their meanings.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3399164",
      "postDate": "01/30/2026 10:25:49",
      "content": "<p>Thanks a lot! That explanation was exactly what I needed.\nSuper helpful , you made my day🍄</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks a lot! That explanation was exactly what I needed.\nSuper helpful , you made my day🍄",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3398819,
      "author_name": "deeppast",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/29/2026 18:36:45",
      "content": "<p>They are homograph lexemes, i.e. words that are written the same way but have different meanings.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3398913,
          "author_name": "tarekziad",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "01/29/2026 22:25:28",
          "content": "<p>Sorry, I don’t think you answered my question.\nI’m asking whether:</p>\n<p>I represents a verb or a verbal noun</p>\n<p>II represents a noun</p>\n<p>III represents a pronoun</p>\n<p>IV represents a particle or function word</p>\n<p>And the same for A–D: what exactly do they represent?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3398933,
              "author_name": "deeppast",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "01/29/2026 23:41:11",
              "content": "<p>To illustrate these homograph lexemes, let's look at an example:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Lexeme</th>\n<th>Spelling</th>\n<th>Normalization</th>\n<th>eBL URL</th>\n<th>Roman Numeral</th>\n<th>Letter</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>amārum</td>\n<td>né-mu-ur-šu</td>\n<td>nēmuršu</td>\n<td><a href=\"https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum</a></td>\n<td>I</td>\n<td>A</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>amārum</td>\n<td>e-té-me-er</td>\n<td>etemer</td>\n<td><a href=\"https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum</a></td>\n<td>II</td>\n<td>B</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<ul>\n<li>amārum I OR A means \"to see\"</li>\n<li>amārum II OR B means \"to pile up bricks\"</li>\n</ul>\n<p>They can be written the same, so to differentiate between them, the lexicon in eBL uses Roman numerals I-IV, and the dictionary in the CAD uses letters A-D. These numerals and letters don't 'mean' anything of themselves, they are only used to show that these homographs are actually different in terms of their meanings.</p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": [
                {
                  "id": 3399164,
                  "author_name": "tarekziad",
                  "author_url": "",
                  "post_date": "01/30/2026 10:25:49",
                  "content": "<p>Thanks a lot! That explanation was exactly what I needed.\nSuper helpful , you made my day🍄</p>",
                  "votes": null,
                  "replies": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "3398760": "Hi, I have a question about the dataset labels\n\nWhat exactly do I–IV and A–D represent? I roughly understand their purpose and how to use them, but I’d like to know their precise meanings\n\nI–IV are described as morphological/lexical categories !do they correspond to noun, verb, particle, pronoun, adjective, adverb, or function word?\nA–D are described as another syntactic classification?what do they represent exactly?,\n\n\nthanks :')",
    "3398819": "They are homograph lexemes, i.e. words that are written the same way but have different meanings.",
    "3398913": "Sorry, I don’t think you answered my question.\nI’m asking whether:\n\nI represents a verb or a verbal noun\n\nII represents a noun\n\nIII represents a pronoun\n\nIV represents a particle or function word\n\nAnd the same for A–D: what exactly do they represent?",
    "3398933": "To illustrate these homograph lexemes, let's look at an example:\n|Lexeme|Spelling|Normalization|eBL URL|Roman Numeral| Letter |\n|--------|--------|--------------|---------|----------------|-------|\n|amārum|né-mu-ur-šu|nēmuršu|https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum|I|A|\n|amārum|e-té-me-er|etemer|https://www.ebl.lmu.de/dictionary?word=amārum|II|B|\n\n- amārum I OR A means \"to see\"\n- amārum II OR B means \"to pile up bricks\"\n\nThey can be written the same, so to differentiate between them, the lexicon in eBL uses Roman numerals I-IV, and the dictionary in the CAD uses letters A-D. These numerals and letters don't 'mean' anything of themselves, they are only used to show that these homographs are actually different in terms of their meanings.",
    "3399164": "Thanks a lot! That explanation was exactly what I needed.\nSuper helpful , you made my day🍄"
  },
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