Victor Stanley Fishman , Longwood , Fla. , fined $ 25,000 ; William Harold Floyd , Houston , $ 100,000 ; Michael Anthony Houston , Bronx , N.Y. , $ 15,000 ; Amin Jalaalwalikraam , Glenham , N.Y. , $ 60,000 ; Richard F. Knapp , London , $ 10,000 and 30-day suspension ; Deborah Renee Martin , St. Louis , $ 15,000 ; Joseph Francis Muscolina Jr. , Palisades Park , N.J. , $ 15,000 ; Robert C. Najarian , Brooklyn Park , Minn. , $ 15,000 ; Edward Robert Norwick , Nesconset , N.Y. , $ 30,000 . structural: TL -S or -NP/+FRAG, we'll excuse that POS tagging: (passive/active sense reversal!) (VP - (VBD fined) - (NP + (VBN fined) (NP dbp: .1 minip: 0 (Longwood not Fishman subject to the fine :-) Score: 18 Height: 5 # of top-level constituents: 18 Top-level verb: fine ambiguity: 6 Charles D. Phipps Sr. , Hermitage , Pa. , fined $ 10,000 ; David Scott Rankin , Lake St. Louis , Mo. , $ 15,000 ; Leigh A. Sanderoff , Gaithersburg , Md. , fined $ 45,000 , ordered to disgorge $ 12,252 ; Sandra Ann Smith , Ridgefield , N.J. , $ 15,000 ; James G. Spence , Aloha , Ore. , $ 5,000 and six-month suspension ; Mona Sun , Jamaica Estates , N.Y. , $ 60,000 ; William Swearingen , Minneapolis , $ 15,000 and six-month suspension ; John Bew Wong , San Francisco , $ 25,000 ; Rabia M. Zayed , San Francisco , $ 50,000 . PARSE FAILED dbp: 0- minip: 0 (similar, wrong subj) Score: 18 Height: 8 # of top-level constituents: 18 Top-level verb: fine ambiguity: 6 Andrew Derel Adams , Killeen , Texas , fined $ 15,000 ; John Francis Angier Jr. , Reddington Shores , Fla. , $ 15,000 ; Mark Anthony , Arlington Heights , Ill. , $ 10,000 and 30-day suspension ; William Stirlen , Arlington Heights , Ill. , $ 7,500 and 30-day suspension ; Fred W. Bonnell , Boulder , Colo. , $ 2,500 and six-month suspension ; Michael J. Boorse , Horsham , Pa. ; David Chiodo , Dallas , $ 5,000 , barred as a principal ; Camille Chafic Cotran , London , $ 25,000 ; John William Curry , fined $ 5,000 , ordered to disgorge $ 30,000 , one-year suspension . PARSE FAILED dbp: 0- minip: 0 (similar, wrong subj) Score: 18 Height: 8 # of top-level constituents: 18 Top-level verb: fine ambiguity: 6 8.60 % 30 to 44 days ; 8.55 % 45 to 59 days ; 8.375 % 60 to 79 days ; 8.50 % 80 to 89 days ; 8.25 % 90 to 119 days ; 8.125 % 120 to 149 days ; 8 % 150 to 179 days ; 7.625 % 180 to 270 days . (Note: could be marked up as a FRAG as well! luckily was NP* in corpus this time) dbp: 1 minip: 1 (?) Score: 16 Height: 4 # of top-level constituents: 16 Top-level verb: ambiguity: 0 Among other OTC issues , Intel , dropped 2 1\/8 to 33 7\/8 ; Laidlaw Transportation lost 1 1\/8 to 19 1\/2 ; the American depositary receipts of Jaguar were off 1\/4 to 10 1\/4 ; MCI Communications slipped 2 1\/4 to 43 1\/2 ; Apple Computer fell 3 to 45 3\/4 and Nike dropped 2 1\/4 to 66 3\/4 . structural (-PRN/+NP): (: ;) - (PRN - (S - (S (S - (NP + (NP-SBJ (NNP Laidlaw) (NNP Transportation)) (VP dbp: 0 minip: 0 (issue dropped) Score: 14 Height: 6 # of top-level constituents: 14 Top-level verb: drop ambiguity: 22 8 13\/16 % to 8 11\/16 % one month ; 8 13\/16 % to 8 11\/16 % two months ; 8 13\/16 % to 8 11\/16 % three months ; 8 3\/4 % to 8 5\/8 % four months ; 8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 % five months ; 8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 % six months . dbp: 1 minip: 0 (to 8 11/16% one month) Score: 12 Height: 4 # of top-level constituents: 12 Top-level verb: ambiguity: 0 8.52 % 30 days ; 8.37 % 60 days ; 8.15 % 90 days ; 7.98 % 120 days ; 7.92 % 150 days ; 7.80 % 180 days . dbp: 1 minip: 1 (?) Score: 12 Height: 3 # of top-level constituents: 12 Top-level verb: ambiguity: 0 `` Fundamentally dangerous ... , '' Mr. Smith said , almost in a whisper , `` ... . fundamentally weak ... fairly vulnerable still ... extremely dangerously poised ... structural tl FRAG (OK) POS tagging -VBG/+RB causing structural: (`` ``) - (VBG Fundamentally) (ADJP - (JJ dangerous)))) + (RB Fundamentally) + (JJ dangerous)) (: ...) dbp: 0 minip: 0 (?) Score: 12 Height: 6 # of top-level constituents: 12 Top-level verb: poised ambiguity: 0 `` There may be sticker-shock reaction initially , '' said Mr. Pratt , `` but as the wine is talked about and starts to sell , they eventually get excited and decide it 's worth the astronomical price to add it to their collection . '' structural (VP/PRN attachment): - (VP ('' '') - (VBD said)) - (NP + (PRN + (SINV + (VP + (VBD said) + (S + (-NONE- *T*-2))) + (NP-SBJ (NNP Mr.) - (NNP Pratt))) + (NNP Pratt)))) POS: -JJ/+NN (NP-PRD - (JJ sticker-shock) + (NN sticker-shock) (NN reaction)) dbp: 0 minip: 0 (similar structural problems) Score: 11 Height: 12 # of top-level constituents: 11 Top-level verb: be ambiguity: 0 Thus , in a civil case , a defendant may be called as a witness , he may be forced to testify or take the Fifth , and his taking of the Fifth may permit the drawing of an adverse inference against him in the civil matter . Structural wrong (conjunction via OR misunderstood): (TO to) (VP - (VB testify) + (VP + (VB testify)) (CC or) + (VP (VB take) (NP (DT the) further errors suppressed dbp: 0 minip: 1 (?) Score: 11 Height: 10 # of top-level constituents: 11 Top-level verb: be ambiguity: 0 `` They 've been laggard , '' he says , `` but they 'll have to become more aggressive . '' dbp: 1 minip: 1 Score: 11 Height: 8 # of top-level constituents: 11 Top-level verb: 've ambiguity: 0 `` To get people 's attention these days , '' says Douglas Bailey , a political consultant , `` your TV ad needs to be bold and entertaining , and , more often than not , that means confrontational . structural, wrong attachment, but source has doublequotes unbalanced (missing closing '' before the .) (TO To) (VP (VB get) (NP (NP - (NP (NNS people) (POS 's)) (NN attention)) - (NP + (NP-TMP (DT these) - (NNS days))) + (NNS days))))) dbp: 0? minip: 0? (same comment applies as for the dbp case) Score: 11 Height: 7 # of top-level constituents: 11 Top-level verb: need ambiguity: 2 If takeover premiums become excessive , if LBO dealmakers become too aggressive , then the private market will recognize these problems more quickly and accurately than will policy makers , and the markets will move with lightning speed to impose appropriate sanctions . structural (-PP/+SBAR), apparently POS-triggered (-NN/+MD): - (PP + (SBAR (IN than) - (NP - (NN will) + (SINV + (VP + (MD will) dbp: 0 minip: 0 Score: 10 Height: 9 # of top-level constituents: 10 Top-level verb: become ambiguity: 0 `` One of the things that continues to worry me is this monetary warfare between the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board , '' said Lawrence Kudlow , a Bear , Stearns & Co. economist , on ABC 's `` This Week . '' dbp: 1 minip: 1 Score: 10 Height: 12 # of top-level constituents: 10 Top-level verb: say ambiguity: 4 Canada 13.50 % ; Germany 8.50 % ; Japan 4.875 % ; Switzerland 8.50 % ; Britain 15 % . dbp: 1 minip: 1 Score: 10 Height: 3 # of top-level constituents: 10 Top-level verb: ambiguity: 0