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# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} An [[award]] or recognition given to a person or thing who does not make it to a higher standing but whose performance or entry was [[noteworthy]].
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} An [[award]] or [[recognition]] given to a [[person]] or [[thing]] who does not achieve a higher standing but whose performance or entry was [[noteworthy]].
#* '''2006''', Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150328054542/http://www.learnprolognow.org/lpnpage.php?pagetype=html&pageid=lpn-htmlse34 ''Learn Prolog Now!''], §8.3
#* '''2006''', Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150328054542/http://www.learnprolognow.org/lpnpage.php?pagetype=html&pageid=lpn-htmlse34 ''Learn Prolog Now!''], §8.3
#*: How good are DCGs from a linguistic perspective? Well, mixed. At one stage (in the early 1980s) they were pretty much state of the art. They made it possible to code complex grammars in a clear way, and to explore the interplay of syntactic and semantic ideas. Certainly any history of parsing in computational linguistics would give DCGs an [[honorable mention|'''honourable mention''']].
#*: How good are DCGs from a linguistic perspective? Well, mixed. At one stage (in the early 1980s) they were pretty much state of the art. They made it possible to code complex grammars in a clear way, and to explore the interplay of syntactic and semantic ideas. Certainly any history of parsing in computational linguistics would give DCGs an [[honorable mention|'''honourable mention''']].

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honorable mention (plural honorable mentions)

  1. (idiomatic) An award or recognition given to a person or thing who does not achieve a higher standing but whose performance or entry was noteworthy.
    • 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §8.3
      How good are DCGs from a linguistic perspective? Well, mixed. At one stage (in the early 1980s) they were pretty much state of the art. They made it possible to code complex grammars in a clear way, and to explore the interplay of syntactic and semantic ideas. Certainly any history of parsing in computational linguistics would give DCGs an honourable mention.

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