POS Tag | Description | Example |
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CC | coordinating conjunction | and |
CD | cardinal number | 1, third |
DT | determiner | the |
EX | existential there | there is |
FW | foreign word | les |
IN | preposition, subordinating conjunction | in, of, like |
IN/that | that as subordinator | that |
JJ | adjective | green |
JJR | adjective, comparative | greener |
JJS | adjective, superlative | greenest |
LS | list marker | 1) |
MD | modal | could, will |
NN | noun, singular or mass | table |
NNS | noun plural | tables |
NP | proper noun, singular | John |
NPS | proper noun, plural | Vikings |
PDT | predeterminer | both the boys |
POS | possessive ending | friend’s |
PP | personal pronoun | I, he, it |
PP$ | possessive pronoun | my, his |
RB | adverb | however, usually, naturally, here, good |
RBR | adverb, comparative | better |
RBS | adverb, superlative | best |
RP | particle | give up |
SENT | Sentence-break punctuation | . ! ? |
SYM | Symbol | / [ = * |
TO | infinitive ‘to’ | togo |
UH interjection uhhuhhuhh | ||
VB verb be, base form be | ||
VBD verb be, past tense was, were | ||
VBG verb be, gerund/present participle being | ||
VBN verb be, past participle been | ||
VBP verb be, sing. present, non-3d am, are | ||
VBZ verb be, 3rd person sing. present is | ||
VH verb have, base form have | ||
VHD verb have, past tense had | ||
VHG verb have, gerund/present participle having | ||
VHN verb have, past participle had | ||
VHP verb have, sing. present, non-3d have | ||
VHZ verb have, 3rd person sing. present has | ||
VV verb, base form take | ||
VVD verb, past tense took | ||
VVG verb, gerund/present participle taking | ||
VVN verb, past participle taken | ||
VVP verb, sing. present, non-3d take | ||
VVZ verb, 3rd person sing. present takes | ||
WDT wh-determiner which | ||
WP wh-pronoun who, what | ||
WP$ possessive wh-pronoun whose | ||
WRB wh-abverb where, when |
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