The effect of ???very??? is to modify (i.e., it intensifies) the reference level of the reference to the non-Quantifier concept ???Bad.??? Examples of Quantifier and non-Quantifier concepts are shown in FIG. 9D. As can be seen, ???Good??? and ???Bad??? are examples of non-Quantifier concepts. ???Good??? and ???Bad??? are also, more specifically, examples of Characteristic concepts.