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Part-Of-Speech Tags for Non-English Languages in SAS® Content Categorization Studio 12.2 Release Notes Part-of-Speech Tags for Non-English Languages in SAS® Content Categorization Studio 12.2 Arabic Tag Description A adjective Abb abbreviation ADV adverb ADVCONJ adverbial conjunction CONJ conjunction DPRON demonstrative pronoun N noun N.A noun (nominal or adjective) PRON pronoun PNG proper name: geography PPRON personal pronoun prep.1.s preposition 1st person singular prep.2.s preposition 2nd person singular prep.s.m preposition singular masculine prep.3.s.f preposition 3rd person singular feminine prep.1.p preposition 1st person plural prep.2.p.m preposition 2nd person plural masculine prep.2.p.f preposition 2nd person plural feminine prep.2.d preposition 2nd person dual prep.2.p.m preposition 2nd person plural masculine prep.2.p.f preposition 2nd person plural feminine prep.3.d preposition 3rd person dual V verb 1 Bulgarian Tag Description PN proper noun Chinese Tag Description A adjective C conjunction D adverb, or an adverbial adjective E exclamation F direction, or an orientation word G morpheme H prefix K suffix L idiom M Chinese numeral N noun NR and NR* personal name NS and NS* geographical location NT and NT* organization NZ and NZ* proper noun O onomatopoeia, or an echoic word P preposition Q classifier, or a measure word R pronoun S space, or a position word T time U particle V verb W punctuation Y tone 2 Czech Tag Description A adjective ADJIND indefinite adjective ADJINT interrogative adjective ADV adverb ADVINT interrogative adverb CONJ conjunction INTJ interjection N noun NUM cardinal number NUMG number group NUMI inflective number NUMO ordinal number NUMT number of times POSS possessive PREP preposition PROIND indefinite pronoun PROINT interrogative pronoun PRON pronoun PROP personal pronoun PROR relative pronoun UNDECL invariable UNDECLADV invariable adverb UNDECLPN invariable proper noun V verb VB verb: infinitive VF verb: finite VG verb: gerund VJ verb: conjunctive VP verb: past VPassP verb: past participle VY verb: imperative 3 Danish Tag Description A adjective ABB abbreviation ADV adverb CONJ conjunction DET determiner INT interjection N noun NUM number PNF proper noun: first name PNG proper noun: geographical PNH proper noun: last name PREP preposition PRO pronoun PROP personal pronoun V verb VB verb infinitive VE verb: present participle VH verb: past participle VI verb: passive VJ cerb: preterite VP cerb: present VY cerb: imperative Dutch Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb CONJ conjunction DET determiner DETPOSS possessive pronoun 4 DNUM cardinal number N noun PREP preposition PRO pronoun PROP personal pronoun V verb VB verb: infinitive VE verb: present participle VH verb: past participle VJ verb: preterite VP verb: present VY verb: imperative Farsi Tag Description ADJ_PREF prefix adjective ADJ_SUFF suffix adjective ADV adverb CONJ conjunction INT interjection N noun NUM number N_SUFF suffix noun PREP preposition PREP_SUFF suffix preposition PRON pronoun V_PAST past tense verb V_PREF prefix verb V_PRESENT present tense verb V_SUFF suffix verb 5 Finnish Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb CLX clitic (suffix-like particle of speech) CONJC coordinating conjunction CONJS subordinating conjunction N noun PREP preposition PRO pronoun PROP personal pronoun V verb VB1 verb, personal infinitive VB2 verb, second infinitive VB3 verb, third infinitive VB5 verb, fifth infinitive VB verb, infinitive VC verb, potential present VE verb, present participle VH verb, past participle VJ verb, indicative preterit VP verb, indicative present VS verb, conditional present VY verb, imperative XI invariable French Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb CONJC coordinating conjunction CONJS subordinating conjunction DET determiner 6 INTJ interjection N noun PFX prefix PN proper noun PREP preposition PRO pronoun V verb XI foreign loanword German Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb CONJC coordinating conjunction CONJS subordinating conjunction CPO form only used in a compound DET determiner EMP emphasizer N noun PFX prefix PNF proper noun: first name PNG proper noun: geographical PNO proper noun: organization PREP preposition PREPDET preposition article PREPROP preposition pronoun PRO pronoun PROP personal pronoun PROPREP pronoun + preposition V verb VB verb: infinitive VE verb: present participle VH verb: past participle 7 Greek Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb CONJ conjunction DET determiner INTJ interjection N noun PART particle PREP preposition PRO pronoun V verb VA aorist verb VC conditional verb VF future verb VFC future conditional verb VI imperfect verb VP verb present tense VPP verb present participle VPerfP past participle VPS present subjunctive verb VY imperative verb Hebrew Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb CONJ conjunction INT interjection N noun PN proper noun PREP preposition PRO pronoun 8 QUANT quantifier V verb WPro interrogative Hungarian Tag Description A adjective ABR abbreviation ADV adverb ADVI interrogative adverb ADVR relative adverb CONJ conjunction DET determiner DNUM cardinal number INT interjection N noun PN proper noun POSTPRO post-pronoun PRO pronoun PROP personal pronoun V verb VE verb: present participle VF verb: future participle VH verb: past participle VPFX verbal prefix Indonesian Tag Description ADJ adjective ADV adverb CONJ conjunction N noun 9 PHR phrasal PREP preposition V verb Italian Tag Description A adjective AVV adverb CONG conjunction DJPRO disjunctive pronoun DOPRO direct object pronoun DET determiner INDEFPRO indefinite pronoun INTPRO interrogative pronoun IOPRO indirect object pronoun N noun PN proper noun PNG geographic proper noun POSSPRO possessive pronoun PREP preposition PREPPRON preposition + pronoun PRO,PRON pronoun RELPRO relative pronoun ROPRO reflexive object pronoun SPRO subject pronoun V verb VG verb gerund (present participle) VI verb infinitive 10 Japanese Tag Description AJA -i adjective a-type AJI -i adjective i-type AJN -na adjective AJNO -nano adjective AJNS -na adjective special AV adverb BS basic form COND conditional verb CONDTA -ta conditional verb CONDWR written conditional verb CONJ conjunctive verb IMP imperative verb INT intention verb IPE imperfective verb NA adverbial noun NC common noun NH noun of person NK content noun NL noun of place NN numeral NP proper noun NT noun of time NV verbal noun PSUTA -ta presumptive verb STEM stem form of verb TA -ta verb TARI -tari verb TE -te verb VSN verb with part of speech 11 Korean Tag Description AJ adjective AD adverb IJ interjection NN noun NNB bound noun NNP proper noun NUMBER numeral PN determiner PR pronoun VB verb Norwegian Tag Description A adjective ABV abbreviation ADV adverb CONJ conjunction INV invariable (proper noun) N noun PREP preposition PRON pronoun V verb VB verb: infinitive VE verb: present participle VH verb: past participle VI verb: passive VJ verb: preterite VP verb: present VY verb: imperative 12 Polish Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb CONJ conjunction INTER interjection N noun PART particle PRO pronoun PROP personal pronoun V verb VA verb: participial adjective VB verb: infinitive VC verb: conditional VF verb: finite VG verb: gerund VJ verb: past tense VN verb: nominal form VP verb: present tense VY verb: imperative Portuguese Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb AS superlative adjective CONJ conjunction DET determiner DNUM cardinal number DOPRO direct object pronoun INTJ interjection IOPRO indirect object pronoun N noun 13 PFX prefix PN proper noun PNG proper noun: geographical PREP preposition PREPADV preposition + adverb PREPDET preposition + article ROPRO reflexive pronoun SPRO subject pronoun V verb VB verb: infinitive VBC verb: infinitive with attached clitic VG verb: gerund VP verb: present tense XL part of a Latin expression Romanian Tag Description A adjective ADV adverb DEMDET demonstrative determiner DOPRO direct object pronoun INTPRO interrogative pronoun IOPRO indirect object pronoun N noun POSSADJ possessive adjective POSSDET possessive determiner POSSPRO possessive pronoun RELPRO relative pronoun ROPRO reflexive object pronoun SPRO subject pronoun V verb VIMPERAT verb imperative VIMPERFIND verb imperfect indicative VINF verb infinitive 14 VPASTPART verb past participle VPRESIND verb present indicative VPRESPART verb: present participle VPRESSUBJ verb present subjunctive VPRETIND verb preterite indicative Russian Tag Description A adjective ABBREV abbreviation adv adverb adverbial adverbial conj conjunction idet interrogative determiner INT interjection intadv interrogative adverb intquant interrogative quantifier part particle N noun num numerical expression PNA proper noun: declined as an adjective PNN proper noun prod demonstrative pronoun proi interrogative pronoun prop personal pronoun prodrx demonstrative reflexive pronoun V verb VB verb: base form or infinitive VF verb: future tense VG verb: gerund form VJ verb: past tense VP verb: present tense VY verb: imperative 15 Slovak Tag Description A adjective ADJIND indefinite adjective ADJINT interrogative adjective ADV adverb CC coordinating conjunction CONJ subordinating conjunction DEM demonstrative pronoun INTJ interjection N noun NADJ negative adjective ND foreign noun NPRO negative pronoun NUM cardinal number POSS possessive pronoun PREP preposition PRO pronoun PROCT reflexive pronoun PROIND indefinite pronoun PROINT interrogative pronoun PROP personal pronoun PROR relative pronoun V verb VG verb: gerund VINF verb: infinitive VN nominal verb form VY verb: imperative 16 Spanish Tag Description A adjective Adv adverb CONJ conjunction DET determiner INTJ interjection N noun
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