Midterm Review

POS

Tag
Part of Speech
Definition
Example

CC

Coordinating Conjunction

Connects words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance.

I like coffee and tea.

CD

Cardinal Number

Represents quantity.

She has three cats.

DT

Determiner

Introduces a noun, specifies quantity or definiteness.

The dog is barking.

EX

Existential "There"

Indicates existence.

There is a problem.

FW

Foreign Word

A word from another language.

He has a je ne sais quoi.

IN

Preposition or Subordinating Conjunction

Links nouns/pronouns or introduces dependent clauses.

The book is on the table.

JJ

Adjective

Describes a noun.

She wore a red dress.

JJR

Adjective, Comparative

Compares two things.

He is taller than me.

JJS

Adjective, Superlative

Shows the highest degree.

She is the smartest student.

LS

List Item Marker

Indicates list numbering.

1. Buy groceries.

MD

Modal Verb

Expresses necessity, possibility, or ability.

You should sleep early.

NN

Noun, Singular or Mass

A person, place, thing, or idea.

The car is fast.

NNS

Noun, Plural

More than one noun.

The dogs are barking.

NNP

Proper Noun, Singular

A specific name of a person, place, or organization.

John is my friend.

NNPS

Proper Noun, Plural

Plural proper noun.

We visited the Rocky Mountains.

PDT

Predeterminer

Appears before a determiner to specify quantity.

She spent all the money.

POS

Possessive Ending

Indicates possession.

That is John’s car.

PRP

Personal Pronoun

Replaces a noun.

She loves ice cream.

PRP$

Possessive Pronoun

Shows ownership.

This is my book.

RB

Adverb

Modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb.

She runs quickly.

RBR

Adverb, Comparative

Compares two actions.

He runs faster than me.

RBS

Adverb, Superlative

Shows the highest degree.

She arrived earliest.

RP

Particle

Forms part of a phrasal verb.

He gave up smoking.

SYM

Symbol

A special character or symbol.

Price: $100

TO

"to"

Used in infinitives or prepositions.

I like to read.

UH

Interjection

Expresses emotion.

Wow! That’s amazing!

VB

Verb, Base Form

Base form of a verb.

I want to run.

VBD

Verb, Past Tense

Action happened in the past.

She ran yesterday.

VBG

Verb, Gerund or Present Participle

"-ing" form of a verb.

He is running fast.

VBN

Verb, Past Participle

Used in perfect tenses.

He has eaten lunch.

VBP

Verb, Non-3rd Person Singular Present

Present tense (I/You/We/They).

They run every day.

VBZ

Verb, 3rd Person Singular Present

Present tense (He/She/It).

He runs fast.

WDT

Wh-Determiner

Introduces relative clauses.

This is the book that I lost.

WP

Wh-Pronoun

Used in questions.

Who is at the door?

WP$

Possessive Wh-Pronoun

Shows ownership in questions.

Whose bag is this?

WRB

Wh-Adverb

Used in questions for time, place, reason, etc.

Where is my phone?

Viterbi Algorithm

starting probabilities X emission probabilities X transition probabilities

TF-IDF

Term Frequency – number of times term t occurs in document

Inverse Document Frequency: Reciprocal of portion of large document set that contain term t, normalized with log function

IDF

Cosine Similarity

Precision, Recall, F-Measure

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