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Table 7.18: Test : Ditransitive with 2 NP<br />

<strong>Arabic</strong><br />

human-translated Mark is showing Adam the letter.<br />

Google Mark Adam see the letter.<br />

Microsoft Marc finds Adam message.<br />

UniArab Mark is showing Adam the letter.<br />

7.2. SENTENCE TESTS<br />

mārk yry ֓ādm ālrsālh<br />

Table 7.18 shows an example of another ditransitive. The output of the Google transla<strong>to</strong>r<br />

is faulty in determining the ac<strong>to</strong>r, the system can not analyse who does what. Microsoft’s<br />

transla<strong>to</strong>r is faulty in the meaning of the verb and in sentence meaning. UniArab suc-<br />

cessfully translates the sentence in its entirety. Figure 7.19 shows this sentence output in<br />

the UniArab system.<br />

Figure 7.19: Ditransitive with 2 NP<br />

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