Definite: definiteness or state
Definiteness is typically a feature of nouns, adjectives and articles. Its value distinguishes whether we are talking about something known and concrete, or something general or unknown. In Portuguese, this feature applies only to determiners. It can be marked on definite and indefinite articles.
Ind: indefinite
Examples
- um cachorro
Def: definite
Examples
- o cachorro
Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 2 different values: Def, Ind.
31726 tokens (14%) have a non-empty value of Definite.
30 types (0%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Definite.
27 lemmas (0%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Definite.
The feature is used with 3 part-of-speech tags: DET (31631; 14% instances), ADP (67; 0% instances), PRON (28; 0% instances).
DET
31631 DET tokens (89% of all DET tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which DET and Definite co-occurred: PronType=Art (31463; 99%), Number=Sing (25607; 81%), Gender=Masc (17103; 54%).
DET tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(28423; 90% of non-emptyDefinite): o, a, os, as, la, Los, Les, El, L’, LasInd(3208; 10% of non-emptyDefinite): um, uma, o, unEMPTY(4029): sua, seu, este, esta, seus, suas, esse, todos, qualquer, outros
| Paradigm o | Ind | Def |
|---|---|---|
| Gender=Masc | o(s) | |
| Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | o | |
| Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | o | o, Os, a |
| Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art|Typo=Yes | os | |
| Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | os | |
| Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | os, o | |
| Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | a | |
| Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | a, as | |
| Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art|Typo=Yes | a | |
| Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | as | |
| Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | as | |
| Number=Sing|PronType=Art | a, o | |
| Number=Plur|PronType=Art | as | |
| PronType=Art | a |
ADP
67 ADP tokens (0% of all ADP tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADP and Definite co-occurred: AdpType=Preppron (67; 100%).
ADP tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(67; 100% of non-emptyDefinite): à, às, al, DA, delEMPTY(35667): de, em, a, por, para, com, entre, sobre, sem, até
PRON
28 PRON tokens (0% of all PRON tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which PRON and Definite co-occurred: Person=EMPTY (28; 100%), Reflex=EMPTY (28; 100%), Case=EMPTY (28; 100%), PronType=EMPTY (26; 93%), Gender=Masc (22; 79%), Number=Sing (17; 61%).
PRON tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(27; 96% of non-emptyDefinite): o, os, a, asInd(1; 4% of non-emptyDefinite): umEMPTY(6690): que, se, -se, ele, o, isso, quem, tudo, eles, eu
Relations with Agreement in Definite
The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Definite:
DET –[conj]–> DET (4; 100%).
Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-Bosque)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 2 different values: Def, Ind.
30878 tokens (14%) have a non-empty value of Definite.
19 types (0%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Definite.
10 lemmas (0%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Definite.
The feature is used with 2 part-of-speech tags: DET (30856; 14% instances), PRON (22; 0% instances).
DET
30856 DET tokens (88% of all DET tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which DET and Definite co-occurred: PronType=Art (30856; 100%), Number=Sing (23901; 77%), Gender=Masc (16645; 54%).
DET tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(27695; 90% of non-emptyDefinite): o, a, os, as, esta, o(s), umInd(3161; 10% of non-emptyDefinite): um, uma, outr, Nada, o, unsEMPTY(4380): sua, seu, este, o, esta, seus, suas, esse, qualquer, todos
| Paradigm o | Ind | Def |
|---|---|---|
| Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | o | o, os, a |
| Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | os, o | |
| Gender=Masc|Number=Unsp | o(s) | |
| Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | a, as | |
| Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | as | |
| Number=Sing | o | |
| a, as |
PRON
22 PRON tokens (0% of all PRON tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which PRON and Definite co-occurred: Case=EMPTY (22; 100%), PronType=Art (22; 100%), Person=EMPTY (22; 100%), Gender=Masc (18; 82%), Number=Sing (15; 68%).
PRON tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(22; 100% of non-emptyDefinite): o, os, a, as, queEMPTY(7036): que, se, o, ele, isso, quem, lhe, tudo, eles, eu
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