Re: [Spatialml-discussion] Corrected URl

[Hitzeman, J. M. <hi...@mi...>]

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>From: Mardis, Scott A. [mailto:ma...@mi...]
>Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:38 AM
>To: Doran, Christine D.; spa...@li...
>Subject: Re: [Spatialml-discussion] Corrected URl
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>Questions about modifications 4 & 6 (included below)
>
>I'm not certain why one would introduce a non-consuming place tag
>in cases like the example of 4. Wouldn't it be reasonable for the
>tags to surround the entire phrase:
>
><PLACE id="0"><SIGNAL>5 miles</SIGNAL> <SIGNAL>east</SIGNAL>
><PLACE id="3">Boston</PLACE></PLACE>
>
>After all, it is the phrase that describes the location of the
>event. Is SpatialML otherwise restricted from having nested
>PLACE tags?
>
>What would be the criteria for introducing a non-consuming place
>tag? Seems like you would want it for cases where a location was
>referred to but had NO lexemes that referred or described the
>location: perhaps in cases of ellipsis.

The example that started this whole discussion was:

"We camped 10 miles north of Boston.  The next day we drove 50 miles west."

So, we drove from Boston to place X, the from place X to place Y.

Janet