Part-of-Speech Tag

A Part-of-Speech Tag is a class label that represents a part-of-speech role.

• AKA: POS Class Label.
• Context:
  • It can be associated with a Part-of-Speech Tag Set.
  • It can be associated with a word form in a Tag Dictionary.
• Example(s):
  • NNS.
  • CD.
  • VBZ.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Named Entity Tag.
• See: Part-of-Speech Role.

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References

• ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/treebank/doc/tagguide.ps.gz

2007

• http://web.mit.edu/6.863/www/PennTreebankTags.html#Word
  • CC - Coordinating conjunction.
  • CD - Cardinal number.
  • DT - Determiner.
  • EX - Existential there.
  • FW - Foreign word.
  • IN - Preposition or subordinating conjunction.
  • JJ - Adjective.
  • JJR - Adjective, comparative.
  • JJS - Adjective, superlative.
  • LS - List item marker.
  • MD - Modal.
  • NN - Noun, singular or mass.
  • NNS - Noun, plural.
  • NNP - Proper noun, singular.
  • NNPS - Proper noun, plural.
  • PDT - Predeterminer.
  • POS - Possessive ending.
  • PRP - Personal pronoun.
  • PRP$ - Possessive pronoun (prolog version PRP-S).
  • RB - Adverb.
  • RBR - Adverb, comparative.
  • RBS - Adverb, superlative.
  • RP - Particle.
  • SYM - Symbol.
  • TO - to.
  • UH - Interjection.
  • VB - Verb, base form.
  • VBD - Verb, past tense.
  • VBG - Verb, gerund or present participle.
  • VBN - Verb, past participle.
  • VBP - Verb, non-3rd person singular present.
  • VBZ - Verb, 3rd person singular present.
  • WDT - Wh-determiner.
  • WP - Wh-pronoun.
  • WP$ - Possessive wh-pronoun (prolog version WP-S).
  • WRB - Wh-adverb

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