Linguistics | part-of-speech tags
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| Tag | Description | Example |
| ( | contextual separator, left paren | ( |
| ) | contextual separator, right paren | ) |
| , | punctuation mark, comma | , |
| . | punctuation mark, sentence closer | .;?* |
| : | punctuation mark, colon | : |
| AX | ||
| CC | conjunction, coordinating | and, or, but |
| CD | cardinal number | fixe, three, 13% |
| DT | determiner | the, a, these |
| EX | existential there | there were six boys |
| FW | foreign word | mais |
| IN | conjunction, subordinating or preposition | of, on, before, unless |
| JJ | adjective | nice, easy, boring |
| JJR | adjective, comparative | nicer, easier, more boring |
| JJS | adjective, superlative | nicest, easiest, most boring |
| LS | ||
| MD | verb, modal auxillary | may, should, wouldn't |
| NN | noun, singular or mass | tiger, chair, laughter |
| NNP | noun, proper singular | Germany, God, Alice |
| NNPS | noun, proper plural | we met two Christmases ago |
| NNS | noun, plural | tigers, chairs, insects |
| NP | noun phrase | the pink panther |
| PDT | ||
| PRP | pronoun, personal | me, you, it |
| PRP$ | pronoun, possessive | my, your, our |
| RB | adverb | extremely, loudly, hard |
| RBR | adverb, comparative | better |
| RBS | adverb, superlative | best |
| RP | adverb, particle | about, off, up |
| S | subject phrase | suzy [is telling [a lie]] |
| SYM | ||
| TO | infinitival to | what to do? |
| UH | interjection | oh, oops, gosh |
| VA | verb phrase and arguments | telling a lie |
| VB | verb, base form | think |
| VBD | verb, past tense | they talked |
| VBG | verb, gerund or present participle | programming is fun |
| VBN | verb, past participle | a sunken ship |
| VBP | verb, non-3rd person singular present | I think |
| VBZ | verb, 3rd person singular present | she thinks |
| VP | verb phrase | die laughing madly |
| WDT | determiner | which, whatever, whichever |
| WP | pronoun, personal | what, who, whom |
| WP$ | pronoun, possessive | whose, whosever |
| WRB | adverb, wh- | where, when |
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