Question

Which three tags precede nouns tagged with the 'NN' tag most commonly? What do these three tags represent? Report the third most frequent tag that you found separately for the following categories of Brown corpus: humor, romance, government.

humor
romance
government

Answer 1

The three tags that most commonly precede nouns tagged with the 'NN' tag are 'DT' (Determiner), 'JJ' (Adjective), and 'PRP$' (Possessive Pronoun). The third most frequent tag found separately for the humor category in the Brown corpus is 'IN' (Preposition or subordinating conjunction). The third most frequent tag found separately for the romance category in the Brown corpus is 'AT' (Article). The third most frequent tag found separately for the government category in the Brown corpus is 'WDT' (Wh-determiner).

Step-by-step explanation:

The three tags that most commonly precede nouns tagged with the 'NN' tag are 'DT' (Determiner), 'JJ' (Adjective), and 'PRP$' (Possessive Pronoun).

These three tags represent:

1. 'DT' (Determiner): It is used to introduce and specify a noun. Examples include 'the', 'a', 'an'.
2. 'JJ' (Adjective): It modifies or describes a noun. Examples include 'beautiful', 'red', 'happy'.
3. 'PRP$' (Possessive Pronoun): It indicates ownership or possession. Examples include 'my', 'his', 'their'.

The third most frequent tag found separately for the humor category in the Brown corpus is 'IN' (Preposition or subordinating conjunction).

The third most frequent tag found separately for the romance category in the Brown corpus is 'AT' (Article).

The third most frequent tag found separately for the government category in the Brown corpus is 'WDT' (Wh-determiner).