Subject mercury
Predicate be preferred in
Object thermometer
Modality
Modality Occurrences
TBC[ordinary thermometer] 1
TBC[ordinary thermometers] 1
Polarity POSITIVE
Plausibility 0.8450
Neighborhood Sigma 0.8450
Local Sigma 1.0000
Example Sentences
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