Download Guidelines for preparing parts of speech

Guidelines for preparing parts of speech
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Separate contractions into two separate words and label accordingly:
o "we're" → "we are" [PN] [VB]
o "shouldn't" → "should not" [AXV][RB]
o "Carl's running" → "Carl is running" [NNP][AXV][VBG]
Words ending in ['s]: possessives versus plurals
o If it is a possessive, separate into two tokens; the word and "$". The "$"
token indicates a possessive form for the word preceding it; e.g., "Rakim's
record" → "Rakim $ record" [NNP][$][NN]
o If it is a plural noun, label it a plural noun; e.g., "The 1970's" → [AT]
[NNS]
o Possessive pronoun, like “his” or “my”, becomes “[NNP] $”
o Words ending [']: These are almost exclusively possessives. Separate
them into the word and "$"; e.g., "passengers' luggage → "passengers $
luggage" [NNP][$][NN]
Acronyms: Make these into a single token. They will usually be proper nouns.
o "E. P. M. D." → "EPMD" [NNP]
o "U. S. A." → "USA" [NNP]
Noun Group
NN
NNS
Type
Singular noun
Plural noun
NNP
Proper noun
NNPS
Proper Plural Noun
PN
Adjective Group
JJ
AT
JJV
DT
Verb Group
VB
VBD
VBG
AVX
INF
Others
RB
CC
IN
Examples
Apple, city, man, fish, car
apples, cities, men, fish,
cars
USA, March, Paul, New
York (label as
[NNP][NNP])
Germans, Kennedys, 1970's
or 1970s
Pronoun
It, I, she, themselves, ours,
mine
Type
Examples
Adjective
five cents, quick man,
largest tree
Article
the, a, an
Verb acting as an adjective Striped shirt, stinking
(ex. gerunds)
badges
Determiner
This chair, each man,
another win, that dog
Type
Examples
Verb
Investigate, find, act,
deserves, expects, expect
Past tense (preterit or past Said, conducted, charged,
participle)
took
Present participle (usually Modernizing, improving,
ends in "ing")
purchasing
Auxiliary or helping verbs Was resting, might decide,
has given
The word "to" when used to To think
make a verb infinitive
Type
Examples
Adverb
Quickly, earlier, only, not,
newly, outright
Conjunction
And, or, but, neither, that,
as, which, until
Preposition
Of, in, for, to, by,
considering, among