Table 3 Mann-Whitney U tests on syntactic-semantic features of specific semantic roles in ES and CT.

From: Do translation universals exist at the syntactic-semantic level? A study using semantic role labeling and textual entailment analysis of English-Chinese translations

  

ES

CT

Mann-Whitney

U tests

mean

std.

mean

std.

Z

p

ANPV

A0

0.52

0.10

0.59

0.09

−9.38

<0.001

A1

0.92

0.05

0.68

0.05

−27.34

<0.001

A2

0.33

0.05

0.07

0.02

−27.37

<0.001

ADV

0.11

0.03

0.49

0.09

−27.37

<0.001

MNR

0.09

0.03

0.02

0.02

−25.78

<0.001

DIS

0.05

0.02

0.12

0.04

−24.05

<0.001

Overall

2.64

0.16

2.17

0.13

−26.64

<0.001

ANPS

A0

1.55

0.46

2.08

0.59

−14.56

<0.001

A1

2.70

0.58

2.39

0.58

−8.40

<0.001

A2

0.98

0.25

0.24

0.09

−27.33

<0.001

ADV

0.32

0.13

1.76

0.60

−27.34

<0.001

MNR

0.25

0.12

0.08

0.06

−24.20

<0.001

DIS

0.14

0.08

0.45

0.22

−24.03

<0.001

Overall

7.75

1.83

7.75

2.05

−0.45

0.65

ARL

A0

2.47

0.99

2.17

0.57

−3.32

<0.001

A1

5.38

1.34

4.20

0.91

−14.78

<0.001

A2

6.20

1.74

3.98

1.27

−19.48

<0.001

ADV

6.02

1.75

1.17

0.10

−27.37

<0.001

MNR

4.20

1.44

4.48

1.52

−3.28

<0.001

DIS

1.32

0.31

1.13

0.18

−11.71

<0.001

Overall

4.45

1.00

2.77

0.50

−24.05

<0.001

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