They hope the foreign deals will divide the Hollywood opposition and prod Congress to push for ending federal rules that prohibit the networks from grabbing a piece of rerun sales and owning part of the shows they put on the air . structural: (missed extra VP level) (S (NP-SBJ (DT the) (JJ foreign) (NNS deals)) + (VP (MD will) (VP (VP - (VBP divide) + (VB divide) (NP (DT the) (NNP Hollywood) 2 POS tagging erros: 1 minor JJ/NN 1 wrong tense inferrence (pretty dumb - no past tense at all in the sentence) - (VBD put) + (VBP put) dbp: 0 minip: 0 (second part of conj completely berserk following (N prod) POS tagging Score: 29 Height: 29 # of top-level constituents: 3 Top-level verb: hope ambiguity: 2 Mr. Otradovec said Boeing told America West that the 757 it was supposed to get this Thursday would n't be delivered until Nov. 7 -- the day after the airline had been planning to initiate service at Houston with four daily flights , including three nonstops to Phoenix and one nonstop to Las Vegas . structural: SBAR/NP relative placement after the em dash: - (SBAR + (NP (NP (DT the) (NN day)) + (SBAR-TMP (IN after) minor POS: CD/NNP - (CD 757)) + (NNP 757)) more struc/tagging suppressed (could be related) dbp: 0 minip: 0 (similar phrasal attachment error after the em dash!) Score: 28 Height: 28 # of top-level constituents: 3 Top-level verb: say ambiguity: 4 Lawmakers and administration officials agree that Friday 's drop , by itself , is n't enough to force both sides back to the table to try to reach a deficit-reduction agreement that would be more serious and more far-reaching than last spring 's gimmick-ridden plan , which still is n't fully implemented . structural, combined with POS tagging (could be related): ADJP recognized as a 2-level NP, enough -NN/+JJ (VP (VBZ is) (RB n't) - (NP - (NP - (NN enough)) + (ADJP-PRD + (JJ enough) (S missed an ADJP level: (VP (MD would) (VP (VB be) + (ADJP-PRD (ADJP (ADJP (RBR more) (JJ serious) more POS: - (JJ deficit-reduction) + (NN deficit-reduction) more minor stuff suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 0 (sides (to table)) Score: 28 Height: 28 # of top-level constituents: 3 Top-level verb: agree ambiguity: 4 There is also speculation that Mr. Newhouse could bring in a powerhouse businessman or another Newhouse family member to run the business side , in combination with a publishing executive like Robert Gottlieb , who left Random House 's Alfred A. Knopf to run the New Yorker , also owned by the Newhouse family . structural (extra NP inferred): (S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB also)) - (NP - (NP - (NN speculation)) + (NP-PRD + (NN speculation) (SBAR another structural, -PRT / + (ADVP (NP, possibly stemming from -RP/+IN POS tagging: (VP (VB bring) - (PRT - (RP in)) + (ADVP-DIR + (IN in)) + (NP (NP dbp: 0 minip: 0 (member (to run)) Score: 28 Height: 28 # of top-level constituents: 3 Top-level verb: be ambiguity: 0 But the airlines are scarcely a clear case , given anti-takeover mischief by Secretary of Transportation Skinner , who professes to believe safety will be compromised if KLM and British Airways own interests in companies that fly airplanes . structural, dubious severity (missing inner NP): (NP + (NP (JJ anti-takeover) (NN mischief)) another stupid tense inferrence POS error: (VP - (VB fly) + (VBP fly) dbp: 0 minip: 0 (Skinner tagged as a punct?!) Score: 27 Height: 27 # of top-level constituents: 4 Top-level verb: be ambiguity: 0 The limits to legal absurdity stretched another notch this week when the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from a case that says corporate defendants must pay damages even after proving that they could not possibly have caused the harm . structural: extra NP level inserted - (NP - (NP + (NP-TMP (DT this) (NN week)) structural: extra ADVP - (PP - (ADVP - (RB even)) + (PP-TMP + (RB even) (IN after) dbp: 0 minip: 0 (stretched (from a case)) Score: 27 Height: 27 # of top-level constituents: 3 Top-level verb: stretch ambiguity: 20 Perhaps none of the unconstitutional conditions contained in the appropriations bills for fiscal 1990 better illustrates Congress 's attempt to usurp executive power than Section 609 of the executive-office bill : `` None of the funds made available pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement , administer , or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States . '' structural: extra NP level (NP - (NP (DT the) (JJ unconstitutional) - (NNS conditions)) + (NNS conditions))) structural: wrong attachment, -VP/+ADVP around a CD (IN for) (NP (JJ fiscal) - (CD 1990))))))))) - (VP + (CD 1990))))))) + (ADVP (ADVP structural: missing an extra NP level (CD in legalese context :-) ) (IN than) (NP (NP + (NP (NN Section) (CD 609)) further errors, including minor POS issues, suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 0 (wrong attachment of "than...") Score: 27 Height: 27 # of top-level constituents: 6 Top-level verb: illustrate ambiguity: 2 An Upjohn spokesman said he had `` heard nothing '' to suggest the early retirement package was spurred by shareholder pressure or a potential bidder for the company , which occasionally has been the target of takeover speculation . structural (VP/NP crosslevel): + (VP (VBN heard) (NP (NP - (NP (NN nothing)) further minor stuff suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 1 (Wow!) Score: 27 Height: 27 # of top-level constituents: 3 Top-level verb: say ambiguity: 4 Despite the harsh exchanges , the U.S. and China still seem to be looking for a way to mend relations , which have deteriorated into what Mr. Nixon referred to as `` the greatest crisis in Chinese-American relations '' since his initial visit to China 17 years ago . structural, colocated with a POS JJ/VB mistagging: (TO to) + (VP + (VB mend) (NP (NP - (JJ mend) (NNS relations)) further minor errors suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 0 (structural: since... attached under referred not crisis) Score: 27 Height: 27 # of top-level constituents: 6 Top-level verb: seem ambiguity: 0 But he is best known in the auto industry as the creator of a team car-development approach that produced the two midsized cars that were instrumental in helping the No. 2 auto maker record profits in recent years and in enabling the company 's Ford division to eclipse General Motors Corp. 's Chevrolet division as the top-selling nameplate in the U.S. . structural: extra PP missed (JJ instrumental) (PP + (PP (IN in) (S structural: extra PP (could be related) - (PP - (PP + (PP-TMP (IN in) (NP (JJ recent) (NNS years))) POS mistagging: (ADVP - (RB best)) + (JJS best)) POS mistagging: (NP (DT the) (CD two) - (JJ midsized) + (VBN midsized) (NNS cars)) further suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 0 (industry (as a creator)) Score: 26 Height: 26 # of top-level constituents: 4 Top-level verb: be ambiguity: 0 The problem , however , is that GM 's moves are coming at a time when UAW leaders are trying to silence dissidents who charge the union is too passive in the face of GM layoffs . POS tagging: NN/VB, pretty dumb (TO to) (VP - (NN silence) + (VB silence) dbp: .1 minip: 0 (coming (at a time) (when ...)) Score: 26 Height: 26 # of top-level constituents: 6 Top-level verb: be ambiguity: 0 An NBC spokesman counters that Mr. Holston 's lament was `` entirely consistent '' with NBC plans because the U.S. rules would limit NBC 's involvement in the Qintex deal so severely as to be `` light years away from the type of unrestrained deals available to Sony -- and everyone else except the three networks . '' structural, but apparently POS-induced (also note the human error -NNS/+VB!!!): (NP (DT An) (NNP NBC) - (NN spokesman) - (NNS counters)) + (NN spokesman)) + (VP + (NNS counters) structural: -ADVP(NP/+PP(NP attachment around punct (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) - (ADVP - (NP (`` ``) + (PP-PRD + (NP-ADV (JJ light) (NNS years)) (RB away) more minor stuff suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 0 (sbar structural attachment) Score: 26 Height: 26 # of top-level constituents: 4 Top-level verb: be ambiguity: 0 The exchange said it feared that some members would n't be able to find enough soybeans to deliver and would have to default on their contractual obligation to the Italian conglomerate , which had refused requests to reduce its holdings . structural: missed NP level and further attachment (PP (IN on) (NP + (NP (PRP$ their) (JJ contractual) - (NN obligation))) + (NN obligation)) further suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 0 (conj clause attachment) Score: 26 Height: 26 # of top-level constituents: 3 Top-level verb: say ambiguity: 4 Another proposed reform is to have program traders answer to an `` uptick rule '' a reform instituted after the Great Crash of 1929 that protects against stocks being relentlessly beaten downward by those seeking to profit from lower prices , namely short sellers . POS NN/JJ: (DT Another) - (JJ proposed) + (VBN proposed) (NN reform)) structural (BUT NOTE AN INVALID PUNCT IN THE INPUT AFTER THE CLOSING ''): (TO to) (NP + (NP (DT an) (`` ``) (NN uptick) - (NN rule))) + (NN rule) + ('' '')) (NP (NP - ('' '') (DT a) (NN reform)) further errors suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 0 (lower prices, namely short sellers) Score: 26 Height: 26 # of top-level constituents: 3 Top-level verb: propose ambiguity: 4 Rather , it is born of frustration with having to combat constantly changing strains of a statist idea that one thought had been eliminated in the early 1970s , along with smallpox . structural: (VP (VB combat) - (ADVP - (RB constantly)) - (S - (VP - (VBG changing) (NP (NP + (ADJP + (RB constantly) + (VBG changing)) (NNS strains)) (PP (IN of) dbp: 0 minip: 0 (SBAR attachment --- should have been under idea's NP) Score: 25 Height: 25 # of top-level constituents: 5 Top-level verb: be ambiguity: 0