Definite Noun Phrase

A Definite Noun Phrase is a noun phrase that is an Definite Description Phrase.

• Context:
• Context:
  • It can be a Demonstrative Pronoun.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • “the book”.
  • “the man”.
  • “the phone”.
  • “the balkans”.
  • “the president”.
  • “the past”.
  • “the problem”.
  • “the situation”.
  • “the issue”.
  • “the question”.
  • “the tallest woman in the world”.
  • “the first person in space”.
• See: Definite Description Phrase, Definite Noun Phrase Anaphora Relation.

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References

2003

• (Gutiérrez-Rexach, 2003) ⇒ Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach, editor. (2003). “Semantics: Noun phrase classes." Taylor & Francis. ISBN:0415266351

1995

• (Grosz et al, 1995) ⇒ Barbara J. Grosz, A. Joshi, and S. Weinstein. (1995). “Providing a Unified Account of Definite Noun Phrases in Discourse.” In: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics.

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