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nummod: numeric modifier

A numeric modifier of a noun (nummod) is any number phrase that serves to modify the meaning of the noun with a quantity.

Urrezko domina irabazi zuen atletak 23 urte ditu .

The athlete who won the gold medal is 23 years old .

Urrezko domina irabazi zuen atletak 23 urte ditu . \n Gold medal_the won_who athlete_the 23 years is .

nmod(domina-2, Urrezko-1)
dobj(irabazi-3, domina-2)
aux(irabazi-3, zuen-4)
acl(atletak-5, irabazi-3)
nsubj(ditu-8, atletak-5)
nummod(urte-7, 23-6)
dobj(ditu-8, urte-7)
punct(ditu-8, .-9)

Hiru puntuak lortu ditugu .

We have got the three points .

Hiru puntuak lortu ditugu . \n Three points_the got have .

nummod(puntuak-2, Hiru-1)
dobj(lortu-3, puntuak-2)
aux(lortu-3, ditugu-4)
punct(lortu-3, .-5)

Festa bat ospatu zuten .

They celebreated one party .

Festa bat ospatu zuten . \n Party one celebreated .

dobj(ospatu-3, Festa-1)
nummod(Festa-1, bat-2)
aux(ospatu-3, zuten-4)
punct(ospatu-3, .-5)

Saiatuko naiz bi maratoi egiten .

I will try to run two maratons .

Saiatuko naiz bi maratoi egiten . \n I will try to run two maratons .

aux(Saiatuko-1, naiz-2)
nummod(maratoi-4, bi-3)
dobj(egiten-5, maratoi-4)
advcl(Saiatuko-1, egiten-5)
punct(Saiatuko-1, .-6)

Note that indefinite quantifiers such as few, many are tagged DET rather than NUM. Therefore their relation to the quantified noun is not nummod but DET (see DET section).


Treebank Statistics (UD_Basque)

This relation is universal.

2040 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as nummod.

1087 instances of nummod (53%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.175.

The following 10 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nummod: eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/NUM (1922; 94% instances), eu-pos/ADP-eu-pos/NUM (47; 2% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/NUM (25; 1% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/NUM (15; 1% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/NUM (11; 1% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/NUM (9; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/NUM (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/SYM-eu-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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1	Atenasen	Atenas	PROPN	_	Case=Ine|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
2	ordea	ordea	CONJ	_	_	8	advmod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_
4	beste	beste	DET	_	_	6	det	_	_
5	bost	bost	NUM	_	_	6	nummod	_	_
6	jarduera	jarduera	NOUN	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
7	gehiago	gehiago	DET	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Ind	6	det	_	_
8	izan	izan	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	daitezke	*edin	AUX	_	Mood=Pot|Number[abs]=Plur|Person[abs]=3	8	aux	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	40-14ko	40-14	NUM	_	NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
2	emaitzak	emaitza	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Erg|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	argi	argi	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	uzten	utzi	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	du	*edun	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=3	4	aux	_	_
6	bi	bi	NUM	_	_	8	nummod	_	_
7	bikoteen	bikote	NOUN	_	Case=Gen	9	nmod	_	_
8	artean	arte	ADP	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Ine|Definite=Def|Number=Plur	7	case	_	_
9	egon	egon	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Part	11	acl	_	_
10	zen	izan	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Person[abs]=3	9	aux	_	_
11	aldea	alde	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	4	dobj	_	_
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Berehalako	berehalako	ADJ	_	_	3	nmod	_	_
2	batetan	bat	NUM	_	NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	ikasi	ikasi	VERB	_	VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	zuen	*edun	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=3	3	aux	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_
6	Bautista	Bautista	PROPN	_	_	9	dobj	_	_
7	Basterretxe	Basterretxe	PROPN	_	_	6	name	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_
9	jotzen	jo	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_


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