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Table 12.1 Automatically discovered renderings, then included in the grammars
Type

POS Example args. Example rendering

Synonym-of noun,noun destino,futuro

não sei que < arg1 > ou < arg2 >
compete à minha angústia sem
leme

(destiny,future) (i don't know what < 1 > or < 2 > concerns

my distress)

adj,adj quebrada,rota < arg1 > a espada

já < arg2 > a armadura

(broken,ragged) ( < 1 > the sword already < 2 > armor)

Antonym-of adj,adj possível,impossível

tudo é < arg1 >

, só eu < arg2 >

(possible,impossible) (everything is < 1 > , only I'm < 2 > )

Hypernym-of noun,noun mágoa, dor

e a própria < arg2 >
melhor fora < arg1 >

(sorrow,heartache) (and even the < 2 > , better had been < 1 > )

Part-of noun,noun versos,quadras

as minhas < arg2 > têm três < arg1 >

(lines,blocks) (my < 2 > have three < 1 > )

Causation-of noun,noun fogo,queimadura

e com o < arg1 >

,
fiz a < arg2 > que me leva

(fire,burn) (and with the < 1 > , I made the < 2 > that

takes me)

verb,noun dor,doer é < arg2 > que desatina sem < arg2 >

(pain,to_hurt) (it's < 2 > that flips out without < 2 > )

Purpose-of noun,noun arma,munição com < arg2 > sem < arg1 >

(weapon,ammunition) (with < 2 > without < 1 > )

verb,noun taça,beber < arg1 > para < arg2 >

junto à perturbada intimidade

(cup,to_drink) ( < 1 > for < 2 > near the disturbed intimacy)

Has-quality noun,adj certeza,certo

eu que não tenho nenhuma < arg1 >
sou mais < arg2 > ou menos < arg2 >

(certainty,sure) (I, who has not any < 1 > ,ammore < 2 > or

less < 2 > )

Property-of adj,noun letal,morte

a < arg2 > é branda e < arg1 >

(letal,death) (the < 1 > is mild and < 2 > )

12.4.3 Filling Poem Templates

Using the learned renderings and the semantic graph, we may generate a broad range
of random sentences, which can work as poem lines. We recall that sentences are
generated from two related words. A pattern is retrieved for their relation type and
the words are put in this pattern, which results in an alternative way to denote their
relation. This guarantees that most sentences are semantically coherent.