20-01-2026, 01:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-01-2026, 01:35 PM by Jorge_Stolfi.)
Here is the discussion for the symmetric situation, at the end of parags.
Again, a QE-gap is the list of plain tokens between the last q-token of a parag and the end of that parag. The corresponding QE-phrase is those plain tokens prefixed with that q-token, which is the verb of the QE-phrase. (Surely the Arabic, Welsh, and Maori speakers in this forum will find this name quite logical.)
Recall that the Starred Parags section (SPS) has an excess of QE-gaps of lengths 5 to 7, over the distribution expected from a zero-order Markov model. I extracted the QE-phrases with those gap lengths; there are 73 of them (out of of 327 parags). They use 45 distinct verbs, of which only these are used in two or more of those phrases:
9 qokaiin
5 qokain
5 qokeey
4 qokal
4 qokedy
3 qokar
3 qokeedy
2 qokchdy
2 qotar
2 qoteey
The most popular QE verbs seem to be also the most popular BQ verbs, but with somewhat different frequency ranks. There is only one of these phrases with qotain as the verb, and none with qotaiin.
Here are the nine QE phrases with 5 to 7 plain tokens and qokaiin as the verb:
QE 5 qokaiin.air.lo.r.chedy.otain
QE 7 qokaiin.checkhy.sho.lchal.sheey.shckhey.kshar.tar
QE 7 qokaiin.cho.okaiin.cheodaiin.aky.le.chody.chotaiin
QE 5 qokaiin.lkar.ytaiin.otcheo.chy.sarain
QE 7 qokaiin.olchedydy.sain.shey.olsheey.dair.chekeeal.okeey
QE 5 qokaiin.olkal.airody.okaiin.okalal.loary
QE 5 qokaiin.olkeedy.okar.ar.olkain.odain
QE 7 qokaiin.os.daiin.cheal.otain.okar.otaiin.olaiin
QE 7 qokaiin.otal.alkal.okain.cheey.lol.loeey.aiinal
Here are the five with qokain as the verb:
QE 5 qokain.char.ar.olar.aiiin.okar
QE 6 qokain.chckhy.rorol.chdy.raly.oraiin.chary
QE 5 qokain.chees.ykar.ain.ycheeo.lkeey
QE 5 qokain.chey.lkain.chal.ldy.llm
QE 7 qokain.chkal.chckhy.saiin.ar.lchal.she.otain
Here are the five with qokeey and the two with qoteey:
QE 6 qokeey.cheytain.olain.okeeedy.chekain.chckhey.lchar
QE 5 qokeey.okeedal.okeol.lkeey.lchedy.lchedy
QE 6 qokeey.okeeedy.okain.chedy.chedyteey.dal.lam
QE 6 qokeey.okey.chdar.ol.loty.chedar.aly
QE 6 qokeey.otaiin.olaiin.cheokain.lkeey.ltal.keedy
QE 5 qoteey.daiin.okched.y.sheos.aiin
QE 6 qoteey.lkeey.raiin.cheo.lor.otal.otchedy
Again, do you see any interesting patterns? What other stats on this topic would you like to see?
All the best, --stolfi
Again, a QE-gap is the list of plain tokens between the last q-token of a parag and the end of that parag. The corresponding QE-phrase is those plain tokens prefixed with that q-token, which is the verb of the QE-phrase. (Surely the Arabic, Welsh, and Maori speakers in this forum will find this name quite logical.)
Recall that the Starred Parags section (SPS) has an excess of QE-gaps of lengths 5 to 7, over the distribution expected from a zero-order Markov model. I extracted the QE-phrases with those gap lengths; there are 73 of them (out of of 327 parags). They use 45 distinct verbs, of which only these are used in two or more of those phrases:
9 qokaiin
5 qokain
5 qokeey
4 qokal
4 qokedy
3 qokar
3 qokeedy
2 qokchdy
2 qotar
2 qoteey
The most popular QE verbs seem to be also the most popular BQ verbs, but with somewhat different frequency ranks. There is only one of these phrases with qotain as the verb, and none with qotaiin.
Here are the nine QE phrases with 5 to 7 plain tokens and qokaiin as the verb:
QE 5 qokaiin.air.lo.r.chedy.otain
QE 7 qokaiin.checkhy.sho.lchal.sheey.shckhey.kshar.tar
QE 7 qokaiin.cho.okaiin.cheodaiin.aky.le.chody.chotaiin
QE 5 qokaiin.lkar.ytaiin.otcheo.chy.sarain
QE 7 qokaiin.olchedydy.sain.shey.olsheey.dair.chekeeal.okeey
QE 5 qokaiin.olkal.airody.okaiin.okalal.loary
QE 5 qokaiin.olkeedy.okar.ar.olkain.odain
QE 7 qokaiin.os.daiin.cheal.otain.okar.otaiin.olaiin
QE 7 qokaiin.otal.alkal.okain.cheey.lol.loeey.aiinal
Here are the five with qokain as the verb:
QE 5 qokain.char.ar.olar.aiiin.okar
QE 6 qokain.chckhy.rorol.chdy.raly.oraiin.chary
QE 5 qokain.chees.ykar.ain.ycheeo.lkeey
QE 5 qokain.chey.lkain.chal.ldy.llm
QE 7 qokain.chkal.chckhy.saiin.ar.lchal.she.otain
Here are the five with qokeey and the two with qoteey:
QE 6 qokeey.cheytain.olain.okeeedy.chekain.chckhey.lchar
QE 5 qokeey.okeedal.okeol.lkeey.lchedy.lchedy
QE 6 qokeey.okeeedy.okain.chedy.chedyteey.dal.lam
QE 6 qokeey.okey.chdar.ol.loty.chedar.aly
QE 6 qokeey.otaiin.olaiin.cheokain.lkeey.ltal.keedy
QE 5 qoteey.daiin.okched.y.sheos.aiin
QE 6 qoteey.lkeey.raiin.cheo.lor.otal.otchedy
Again, do you see any interesting patterns? What other stats on this topic would you like to see?
All the best, --stolfi