Cardinal adjectives: Confusion with other pos values

<BODY LANG="EN" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <P> <A NAME="efaccp"> </A><H3><A NAME="SECTION00055300000000000000">Cardinal adjectives: Confusion with other <B>pos</B> values</A></H3> <P> Confusion can occur between <EM>cardinal adjective</EM>, <EM>indefinite determiner</EM>, <EM>indefinite pronoun</EM> and <EM>noun</EM>. <P> Distinction between <EM>cardinal</EM> used as <EM>adjective</EM> or <EM>determiner</EM>: <P> <EM>Test</EM>: <P> Given <EM>NP</EM> a noun phrase, <EM>Det</EM> a determiner, <EM>N</EM> a noun, <EM> X</EM> of type <EM>cardinal</EM>: If <EM>NP</EM> (<EM>Det</EM> + <EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>type=card</FONT></SMALL> + <EM>N</EM>), then <EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a</FONT></SMALL>; otherwise, if <EM>NP</EM> (<EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>type=card</FONT></SMALL> + <EM>N</EM>), then <EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=d</FONT></SMALL>. <P> <CENTER> <P> <TABLE COLS=4 BORDER FRAME=BOX RULES=GROUPS> <COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT> <TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2> <B>pos=a & type=card</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2><B>pos=d & type=card</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>cardinal used as<BR>adjective</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>les <B>deux</B><A NAME="12862"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a &<BR>type=card</FONT></SMALL> hommes sont<BR>venus</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>cardinal used as<BR>determiner</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>deux</B><A NAME="12870"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=d & type=card</FONT></SMALL><BR>hommes sont venus</TD></TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P> </CENTER> <P> Distinction between <EM>cardinal</EM> used as <EM>adjective</EM> or <EM>pronoun</EM>: <P> <EM>Test</EM>: <P> Given <EM>NP</EM> a noun phrase, <EM>Det</EM> a determiner, <EM>N</EM> a noun and <EM>X</EM> of type <EM>cardinal</EM>: If <EM>NP</EM> (<EM>Det</EM> + <EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>type=card</FONT></SMALL> + <EM>N</EM>), then <EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a</FONT></SMALL>; otherwise, if <EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>type=card</FONT></SMALL>, then <EM>X</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=p</FONT></SMALL>. <P> <CENTER> <P> <TABLE COLS=4 BORDER FRAME=BOX RULES=GROUPS> <COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT> <TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2> <B>pos=a & type=card</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2><B>pos=p & type=card</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>cardinal used as<BR>adjective</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>les <B>deux</B><A NAME="13174"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a &<BR>type=card</FONT></SMALL> hommes sont<BR>venus</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>cardinal/Det+cardinal<BR>used as pronoun</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>deux</B><A NAME="13182"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=p & type=card</FONT></SMALL><BR>sont venus</TD></TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P> </CENTER> <P> Distinction between <EM>cardinal adjective</EM> and <EM>indefinite pronoun</EM>: <P> <EM>Test</EM>: <P> Given <EM>NP</EM> a noun phrase, <EM>Det</EM> a determiner: If <EM>NP</EM> (<EM>Det</EM> + number>1), then <EM>number</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a</FONT></SMALL>; otherwise, if <EM>NP</EM> (<EM>Det</EM> + number=1) then <EM>number</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=p</FONT></SMALL>. <P> <CENTER> <TABLE COLS=4 BORDER FRAME=BOX RULES=GROUPS> <COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT> <TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2> <B>pos=a & type=card</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2><B>pos=p & type=indf</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>cardinal pronoun</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Les <B>deux</B><A NAME="13219"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a &<BR>type=card</FONT></SMALL> sont venus</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>indefinite pronoun</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>L'un</B><A NAME="13227"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=p & type=indf</FONT></SMALL><BR>est venu</TD></TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </CENTER> <P> Distinction between <EM>cardinal adjective</EM> and <EM>common noun</EM>: <P> <EM>Test</EM>: <P> If <EM>X</EM> has its own conceptual interpretation, if <EM>X</EM> is semantically autonomous, then <EM>X</EM> is a noun. <P> <CENTER> <TABLE COLS=4 BORDER FRAME=BOX RULES=GROUPS> <COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT><COLGROUP><COL ALIGN=LEFT> <TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2> <B>pos=a & type=card</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP COLSPAN=2><B>pos=n</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Description</B></TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP> <B>Example</B></TD></TR> </TBODY><TBODY> <TR><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>cardinal adjective</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Les <B>sept</B><A NAME="13251"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a &<BR>type=card</FONT></SMALL> nains</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>noun</TD><TD VALIGN=BASELINE ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Le <B>sept</B><A NAME="13259"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=n</FONT></SMALL> est mon<BR>chiffre préféré</TD></TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </CENTER> <P> <HR> <P><ADDRESS> </ADDRESS> </BODY>