Automatic Mapping Among Lexico-Grammatical Annotation Models (AMALGAM)

The Multi-Tagged Corpus (not proofread)

The SEC sentences - LOB Tag-set

Sentences from the SEC corpus tagged with the LOB Tag-set (tokeniser used, tagged text not proofread):

good/JJ
morning/NN
./.

more/AP
news/NN
about/IN
the/ATI
Reverend/NPT
Sun/NP
Myung/NP
Moon/NP
,/,
founder/NN
of/IN
the/ATI
Unification/NN
church/NN
,/,
who/WPR
's/BEZ
currently/RB
in/IN
jail/NN
for/IN
tax/NN
evasion/NN
:/:

he/PP3A
was/BEDZ
awarded/VBN
an/AT
honorary/JJ
degree/NN
last/AP
week/NN
by/IN
the/ATI
Roman/JNP
Catholic/NP
University/NPL
of/IN
la/&FW
Plata/NP
in/IN
Buenos/NP
Aires/NNS
,/,
Argentina/NP
./.

in/IN
announcing/VBG
the/ATI
award/NN
in/IN
New/NP
York/NP
,/,
the/ATI
rector/NN
of/IN
the/ATI
university/NN
,/,
Dr/NPT
Nicholas/NP
Argentato/NP
,/,
described/VBD
Mr/NPT
Moon/NP
as/IN
a/AT
prophet/NN
of/IN
our/PP$
time/NN
./.

next/AP
week/NN
a/AT
delegation/NN
of/IN
nine/CD
Protestant/NP
ministers/NNS
from/IN
Argentina/NP
visits/VBZ
the/ATI
Autumn/NP
assembly/NN
of/IN
the/ATI
British/JNP
Council/NP
of/IN
Churches/NPLS
;/;

it/PP3
's/BEZ
meant/VBN
as/IN
a/AT
symbol/NN
of/IN
reconciliation/NN
between/IN
Christians/NNPS
,/,
following/JJ
the/ATI
Falklands/NP
War/NP
./.

Protestants/NP
,/,
however/RB
,/,
are/BER
a/AT
tiny/JJ
minority/NN
in/IN
Argentina/NP
,/,
and/CC
the/ATI
delegation/NN
will/MD
n't/XNOT
be/BE
including/IN
a/AT
Roman/JNP
Catholic/NP
./.

the/ATI
assembly/NN
will/MD
also/RB
be/BE
discussing/VBG
the/ATI
UK/NP
immigration/NN
laws/NNS
,/,
Hong/NP
Kong/NP
,/,
teenagers/NNS
in/IN
the/ATI
church/NN
,/,
and/CC
of/RB
course/RB"
,/,
church/NN
unity/NN
schemes/NNS
./.

in/IN
the/ATI
Free/NP
Churches/NPLS
there/EX
's/BEZ
some/DTI
renewed/VBN
grumbling/VBG
about/IN
Anglican/JNP
ambivalence/NN
to/IN
the/ATI
British/JNP
Council/NP
of/IN
Churches/NPLS
:/:

though/IN
the/ATI
Anglicans/NNPS
still/RB
talk/VB
about/IN
doing/VBG
as/QL
much/AP
as/CS
possible/JJ
with/IN
other/AP
churches/NNS
,/,
some/DTI
Free/NP
Church/NPL
people/NNS
feel/VB
that/CS
,/,
in/IN
practice/NN
,/,
the/ATI
Anglicans/NNPS
go/NN
it/PP3
alone/JJ
whenever/WRB
they/PP3AS
can/MD
./.

an/AT
article/NN
in/IN
this/DT
week's/NN$
Baptist/NP
Times/NP
asks/VBZ
:/:

what/WDT
Bishop/NPT
wants/VBZ
to/TO
confer/VB
,/,
when/WRB
he/PP3A
can/MD
have/HV
a/AT
camera/NN
and/CC
a/AT
microphone/NN
all/ABN
to/TO
himself/PPL
?/?

when/WRB
the/ATI
Church/NPL
of/IN
England's/NP$
General/NPT
Synod/NP
can/MD
now/RN
get/VB
so/QL
much/AP
attention/NN
from/IN
the/ATI
press/NN
,/,
the/ATI
role/NN
of/IN
the/ATI
British/JNP
Council/NP
of/IN
Churches/NPLS
seems/VBZ
to/TO
fade/VB
into/IN
the/ATI
background/NN
./.

of/RB
course/RB"
,/,
what/WDT
concerns/VBZ
church/NN
leaders/NNS
is/BEZ
n't/XNOT
necessarily/RB
what/WDT
worries/NNS
ordinary/JJ
churchgoers/NNS
,/,
even/RB
less/QL
the/ATI
general/JJ
public/JJ
:/:

I/PP1A
can/MD
n't/XNOT
recall/VB
ever/RB
having/HVG
had/HVD
a/AT
single/JJ
letter/NN
on/IN
the/ATI
British/JNP
Council/NP
of/IN
Churches/NPLS
and/CC
its/PP$
problems/NNS
./.

going/VBG
by/IN
my/PP$
postbag/NN
,/,
most/QL
people/NNS
are/BER
worried/JJ
about/IN
the/ATI
problem/NN
of/IN
pain/NN
,/,
the/ATI
existence/NN
of/IN
God/NP
,/,
and/CC
miracles/NNS
./.

they/PP3AS
want/VB
to/TO
know/VB
whether/CS
,/,
for/IN
instance/NN
,/,
in/IN
a/AT
scientific/JJ
age/NN
,/,
Christians/NNPS
can/MD
really/RB
believe/VB
in/IN
the/ATI
story/NN
of/IN
the/ATI
feeding/NN
of/IN
the/ATI
five/CD
thousand/CD
as/CS
described/VBN
,/,
or/CC
was/BEDZ
the/ATI
miracle/NN
that/CS
those/DTS
in/IN
the/ATI
crowd/NN
with/IN
food/NN
shared/VBD
it/PP3
with/IN
those/DTS
who/WPR
had/HVD
none/PN
?/?

is/BEZ
the/ATI
aid/NN
beginning/NN
to/TO
flow/VB
into/IN
Ethiopia/NP
any/DTI
less/QL
a/AT
miracle/NN
than/IN
the/ATI
five/CD
loaves/NNS
and/CC
two/CD
fishes/NNS
?/?

well/RB
,/,
just/RB
recently/RB
,/,
a/AT
day/NN
conference/NN
on/IN
miracles/NNS
was/BEDZ
convened/VBN
by/IN
the/ATI
Research/NP
Scientists/NP
,/,
Christian/JNP
Fellowship/NP
./.

it/PP3
was/BEDZ
chaired/VBD
by/IN
Professor/NPT
Sir/NPT
Robin/NP
Boyd/NP
,/,
a/AT
Fellow/NP
of/IN
the/ATI
Royal/NPT
Society/NP
,/,
and/CC
the/ATI
key/NN
question/NN
was/BEDZ
:/:

when/WRB
is/BEZ
a/AT
miracle/NN
not/XNOT
a/AT
miracle/NN
?/?

I/PP1A
suppose/VB
the/ATI
popular/JJ
notion/NN
of/IN
a/AT
miracle/NN
is/BEZ
an/AT
event/NN
unexplained/JJ
by/IN
science/NN
or/CC
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
;/;

but/CC
the/ATI
scientists/NNS
themselves/PPLS
were/BED
n't/XNOT
having/HVG
any/DTI
of/IN
that/DT
:/:

on/IN
this/DT
definition/NN
,/,
they/PP3AS
say/VB
,/,
very/QL
few/AP"
events/NNS
can/MD
confidently/RB
be/BE
called/JJ
miracles/NNS
because/CS
we/PP1AS
have/HV
no/ATI
idea/NN
what/WDT
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
may/MD
be/BE
discovered/VBN
in/IN
the/ATI
future/NN
./.

more/AP
important/JJ
,/,
however/RB
,/,
is/BEZ
that/CS
the/ATI
biblical/JJ
writers/NNS
themselves/PPLS
thought/VBD
that/CS
events/NNS
that/CS
followed/VBN
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
could/MD
still/RB
be/BE
regarded/VBN
as/IN
miraculous/JJ
./.

take/VB
the/ATI
crossing/NN
of/IN
the/ATI
Red/NP
Sea/NPL
by/IN
the/ATI
Israelites/NNPS
,/,
for/IN
instance/NN
:/:

this/DT
was/BEDZ
made/VBN
possible/JJ
by/IN
a/AT
strong/JJ
wind/NN
;/;

the/ATI
wind/NN
itself/PPL
follows/VBZ
patterns/NNS
of/IN
natural/JJ
law/NN
;/;

the/ATI
miracle/NN
is/BEZ
that/CS
it/PP3
happened/VBD
just/RB
when/WRB
and/CC
where/WRB
it/PP3
was/BEDZ
needed/VBN
;/;

so/QL
it/PP3
's/BEZ
the/ATI
timing/NN
that/WPR
can/MD
be/BE
miraculous/JJ
./.

but/CC
the/ATI
real/JJ
problem/NN
,/,
the/ATI
scientists/NNS
say/NN
,/,
with/IN
defining/VBG
miracles/NNS
as/CS
events/NNS
unexplained/JJ
by/IN
natural/JJ
law/NN
is/BEZ
that/CS
it/PP3
springs/NNS
from/IN
an/AT
understanding/NN
of/IN
nature/NN
as/IN
a/AT
machine/NN
which/WDTR
runs/VBZ
itself/PPL
;/;

it/PP3
's/BEZ
the/ATI
notion/NN
of/IN
an/AT
impersonal/JJ
,/,
uncaring/JJ
universe/NN
relentlessly/RB
following/JJ
laws/NNS
of/IN
cause/NN
and/CC
effect/NN
./.

that/DT
's/BEZ
a/AT
position/NN
recently/RB
expounded/VBN
by/IN
Don/NPT
Cupitt/NP
in/IN
his/PP$
BBC/NP
TV/NN
series/NN
,/,
The/NP
Sea/NPL
of/IN
Faith/NP
./.

this/DT
understanding/NN
,/,
say/VB
the/ATI
scientists/NNS
,/,
is/BEZ
in/IN
fact/NN
,/,
unscientific/JJ
,/,
and/CC
the/ATI
reason/NN
is/BEZ
,/,
they/PP3AS
say/VB
,/,
that/CS
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
do/DO
not/XNOT
cause/VB
or/CC
dictate/VB
events/NNS
:/:

they'/NNS$
re/IN
merely/RB
descriptions/NNS
of/IN
what/WDT
we/PP1AS
expect/VB
to/TO
happen/VB
on/IN
the/ATI
basis/NN
of/IN
previous/JJ
experience/NN
./.

the/ATI
research/NN
scientists/NNS
say/VB
that/CS
to/TO
claim/VB
that/CS
all/ABN
events/NNS
follow/VB
these/DTS
patterns/NNS
is/BEZ
a/AT
philosophical/JJ
position/NN
and/CC
not/XNOT
a/AT
scientific/JJ
one/CD1
./.

they/PP3AS
call/VB
that/CS
philosophical/JJ
position/NN
'/**'
naturalism/NN
'/**'
,/,
and/CC
they/PP3AS
say/VB
it/PP3
is/BEZ
quite/RB
contrary/JJ
to/IN
the/ATI
Christian/JNP
view/NN
of/IN
the/ATI
world/NN
;/;

the/ATI
Christian/JNP
view/NN
,/,
they/PP3AS
argue/VB
,/,
is/BEZ
to/TO
see/VB
events/NNS
that/DT
can/MD
be/BE
covered/VBN
by/IN
natural/JJ
laws/NNS
as/IN
God's/NP$
usual/JJ
activity/NN
;/;

we/PP1AS
get/VB
so/QL
used/VBN
to/IN
the/ATI
usual/JJ
patterns/NNS
that/CS
we/PP1AS
forget/VB
how/WRB
amazing/JJ
they/PP3AS
are/BER
,/,
but/CC
at/IN
times/NNS
,/,
they/PP3AS
say/NN
,/,
God/NP
does/DOZ
unusual/JJ
things/NNS
too/QL
./.

the/ATI
usual/JJ
and/CC
the/ATI
unusual/JJ
are/BER
both/ABX
God's/NP$
doing/VBG
,/,
and/CC
it/PP3
's/BEZ
miracles/NNS
which/WDTR
confront/VB
us/PP1OS
with/IN
God/NP
most/QL
clearly/RB
./.

Don/NPT
Cupitt/NP
was/BEDZ
presumably/RB
one/CD1
of/IN
the/ATI
people/NNS
the/ATI
conference/NN
members/NNS
had/HVD
in/IN
mind/NN
when/WRB
they/PP3AS
emphasised/VBD
their/PP$
confidence/NN
in/IN
the/ATI
miracles/NNS
as/CS
stated/VBN
in/IN
the/ATI
Bible/NP
,/,
and/CC
deplored/VBD
the/ATI
tendency/NN
of/IN
some/DTI
to/TO
try/VB
to/TO
reduce/VB
them/PP3OS
to/TO
merely/RB
mechanical/JJ
events/NNS
by/IN
suggesting/VBG
scientific/JJ
explanations/NNS
./.

it/PP3
's/BEZ
a/AT
useful/JJ
reminder/NN
that/CS
some/DTI
scientists/NNS
find/VB
Don/NPT
Cupitt/NP
unscientific/JJ
./.

the/ATI
debate/NN
goes/VBZ
on/RP
./.

correspondents/NNS
seeking/VBG
access/NN
to/IN
the/ATI
PNC/NP
meetings/NNS
were/BED
required/VBN
,/,
the/ATI
other/AP
day/NN
,/,
to/TO
fill/VB
in/IN
forms/NNS
to/TO
apply/VB
for/IN
permission/NN
from/IN
the/ATI
PLO/NP
./.

at/IN
one/CD1
point/NN
,/,
the/ATI
forms/NNS
asked/VBD
us/PP1OS
to/TO
state/VB
our/PP$
last/AP
contact/NN
with/IN
the/ATI
organisation/NN
./.

for/IN
many/AP
of/IN
us/PP1OS
it/PP3
was/BEDZ
a/AT
brilliantly/RB
sunny/JJ
day/NN
in/IN
the/ATI
battle-marked/JJ
port/NN
of/IN
Tripoli/NP
in/IN
Northern/NP
Lebanon/NP
last/AP
December/NR
./.

wrecks/NNS
of/IN
ships/NNS
,/,
hit/VBD
in/IN
the/ATI
inter-Palestinian/NN
shelling/NN
,/,
had/HVD
been/BEN
cleared/VBN
away/RP
to/TO
allow/VB
ferries/NNS
,/,
flying/VBG
United/NP
Nations/NNS
flags/NNS
,/,
to/TO
take/VB
Mr/NPT
Arafat/NP
and/CC
his/PP$
men/NNS
into/IN
their/PP$
second/OD
enforced/JJ
exile/NN
from/IN
Lebanon/NP
in/IN
just/RB
over/RB
a/AT
year/NN
./.

the/ATI
fighters/NNS
looked/VBD
a/AT
sorry/JJ
sight/NN
with/IN
their/PP$
suitcases/NNS
and/CC
bedding/NN
rolls/NNS
,/,
their/PP$
carrier-bags/NNS
and/CC
kalashnikovs/NNS
./.

they/PP3AS
departed/VBD
without/IN
any/DTI
pretence/NN
that/CS
this/DT
was/BEDZ
a/AT
victory/NN
:/:

on/IN
that/DT
day/NN
,/,
it/PP3
did/DOD
finally/RB
seem/VB
like/IN
the/ATI
end/NN
./.

it/PP3
was/BEDZ
n't/XNOT
,/,
of/RB
course/RB"
,/,
and/CC
Tripoli/NP
seems/VBZ
like/IN
a/AT
decade/NN
ago/RB
;/;

especially/RB
,/,
seeing/VBG
Mr/NPT
Arafat/NP
here/RN
in/IN
Amman/NP
,/,
with/IN
all/ABN
the/ATI
pomp/NN
and/CC
the/ATI
incredibly/RB
tight/JJ
security/NN
,/,
laid/VBD
on/RP
by/IN
the/ATI
Jordanians/NNS
for/IN
the/ATI
Palestine/NP
National/NP
Council/NP
./.

the/ATI
atmosphere/NN
on/IN
that/DT
December/NR
day/NN
in/IN
Tripoli/NP
was/BEDZ
sombre/JJ
./.

the/ATI
fighters/NNS
may/MD
not/XNOT
feel/VB
much/AP
different/JJ
today/NR
,/,
as/CS
they/PP3AS
wait/VB
in/IN
camps/NNS
around/IN
the/ATI
Middle/NP
East/NP
,/,
but/CC
,/,
for/IN
Mr/NPT
Arafat/NP
and/CC
the/ATI
political/JJ
movement/NN
supporting/VBG
him/PP3O
,/,
the/ATI
atmosphere/NN
is/BEZ
anything/PN
but/CC
sombre/JJ
:/:

there/EX
's/BEZ
a/AT
sense/NN
of/IN
relief/NN
that/CS
,/,
at/IN
last/AP
,/,
something/PN
is/BEZ
being/BEG
done/VBN
to/TO
rebuild/VB
the/ATI
PLO/NP
after/IN
so/QL
many/AP
depressing/JJ
months/NNS
of/IN
internal/JJ
wrangling/NN
,/,
even/CS
if/CS"
it/PP3
's/BEZ
a/AT
shrunken/JJ
organisation/NN
,/,
with/IN
pro-Syrian/NN
groups/NNS
,/,
for/IN
the/ATI
time/NN
being/BEG
at/RB
least/RB"
,/,
staying/VBG
out/RP
./.

Yasser/NP
Arafat/NP
,/,
the/ATI
master/NN
of/IN
compromise/NN
and/CC
of/IN
keeping/VBG
all/ABN
sides/NNS
happy/JJ
,/,
the/ATI
political/JJ
chameleon/NN
,/,
is/BEZ
at/IN
last/AP
saying/VBG
:/:

enough/QLP
is/BEZ
enough/QLP
./.

he/PP3A
's/BEZ
seeking/VBG
to/TO
take/VB
the/ATI
boldest/JJT
move/NN
of/IN
his/PP$
life/NN
,/,
and/CC
his/PP$
decision/NN
seems/VBZ
to/TO
be/BE
going/VBG
down/RP
well/RB
with/IN
his/PP$
constituency/NN
at/IN
large/JJ
,/,
if/CS
not/XNOT
with/IN
all/ABN
the/ATI
groups/NNS
within/IN
the/ATI
PLO/NP
./.

like/IN
at/IN
all/ABN
party/NN
conferences/NNS
round/IN
the/ATI
world/NN
,/,
there/EX
's/BEZ
a/AT
particular/JJ
atmosphere/NN
of/IN
camaraderie/NN
;/;

but/CC
it/PP3
does/DOZ
seem/VB
that/CS
this/DT
meeting/NN
is/BEZ
a/AT
little/JJ
bit/NN
special/JJ
./.

perhaps/RB
with/IN
the/ATI
divisions/NNS
that/CS
have/HV
opened/VBN
up/RP
,/,
and/CC
with/IN
all/ABN
the/ATI
recrimination/NN
,/,
the/ATI
Palestinian/JNP
movement/NN
thought/VBD
there/EX
was/BEDZ
little/JJ
hope/NN
for/IN
a/AT
PNC/NP
at/IN
all/ABN
./.

one/CD1
lady/NN
in/IN
her/PP$
seventies/CDS
was/BEDZ
brought/VBN
here/RN
on/IN
a/AT
stretcher/NN
from/IN
a/AT
hospital/NN
in/IN
Beirut/NP
./.

she/PP3A
was/BEDZ
told/VBN
that/CS
the/ATI
journey/NN
might/MD
kill/VB
her/PP$
./.

'/**'
I/PP1A
'm/BEM
going/VBG
to/TO
die/VB
anyway/RB
,/,
'/**'
she/PP3A
said/VBD
,/,
'/**'
I/PP1A
'd/HVD
rather/RB
die/VB
among/IN
my/PP$
fellow/JJB
Palestinians/NP
./.
'/**'

so/PN
,/,
suddenly/RB
,/,
here/RN
it/PP3
is/BEZ
,/,
and/CC
in/IN
Amman/NP
,/,
of/IN
all/ABN
places/NNS
./.

no/ATI
decision/NN
could/MD
have/HV
been/BEN
calculated/VBN
to/TO
annoy/VB
the/ATI
Syrians/NNPS
more/QL
,/,
and/CC
,/,
as/IN
the/ATI
red/JJ
carpets/NNS
are/BER
laid/VBN
out/RP
for/IN
Mr/NPT
Arafat/NP
and/CC
his/PP$
supporters/NNS
,/,
it/PP3
's/BEZ
hard/JJ
to/TO
imagine/VB
Black/NP
September/NR
:/:

the/ATI
bloody/JJ
battles/NNS
in/IN
nineteen/CD
seventy/CD
between/IN
the/ATI
Jordanian/JNP
army/NN
and/CC
the/ATI
PLO/NP
:/:

a/AT
physical/JJ
clash/NN
leading/JJ
to/IN
regrettable/JJ
events/NNS
,/,
as/CS
King/NPT
Hussein/NP
put/VB
it/PP3
,/,
in/IN
his/PP$
opening/JJ
address/NN
on/IN
Thursday/NR
night/NN
;/;

bringing/VBG
out/RP
old/JJ
ghosts/NNS
,/,
in/IN
the/ATI
hope/NN
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./.

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./.

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in/IN
Amman/NP
;/;

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:/:

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'/**'
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that/DT
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./.

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a/AT
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the/ATI
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./.

that/DT
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example/NN
:/:

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:/:

there/EX
simply/RB
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room/NN
inside/RP
./.

not/XNOT
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those/DTS
embattled/JJ
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Tripoli/NP
,/,
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welcome/JJ
./.

just/RB
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./.

in/IN
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the/ATI
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attraction/NN
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the/ATI
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courthouse/NN
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Manhattan/NP
./.

every/AT
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courts/NNS
three-one-eight/NN
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,/,
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./.

as/CS
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drama/NN
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going/VBG
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their/PP$
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provide/VB
it/PP3
./.

Ariel/NP
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committing/VBG
a/AT
blood/NN
libel/NN
,/,
recalling/VBG
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Jews/NNPS
murdered/VBN
Christians/NNPS
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use/VB
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blood/NN
in/IN
Passover/NP
rituals/NNS
./.

general/JJ
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CBS/NP
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in/IN
a/AT
nineteen/CD
eighty-two/JJ
documentary/JJ
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the/ATI
Vietnam/NP
war/NN
:/:

'/**'
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'/**'
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./.

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law/NN
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Time/NP
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CBS/NP
./.

Time's/NP$
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no/ATI
doubt/NN
that/CS
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stake/NN
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both/ABX
trials/NNS
:/:

the/ATI
freedom/NN
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the/ATI
press/NN
./.

'/**'
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for/IN
ex-generals/NNS
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'/**'
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./.

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further/JJB
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that/DT
:/:

that/DT
they'/NNS$
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attempt/NN
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rewrite/VB
history/NN
./.