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Hm. Wouldn't that have little bearing on the result? Can't really say "he poisons" when that wasn't the plot of the story.
by SerLava 9y ago
Hm. Wouldn't that have little bearing on the result? Can't really say "he poisons" when that wasn't the plot of the story.
- lmkg 9y agoBut that's the point. "She poisons" is more likely to be the plot of the story than "he poisons."
- davrosthedalek 9y agoThere could be a bias in the summary writers too, in that they prefer "he murders" and "she poisons" for the same method of killing.
- Bartweiss 9y agoIt might have a large impact on the language, though. 'Empoison' used to be a verb, 'burgle' has largely been replaced with 'rob', and so on. I think this would tend to improve the data, though - 'empoison' and 'poison' ought to be grouped.