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Confusions can be made between cardinal adjective, indefinite
determiners, indefinite pronouns and nouns:
Distinction between cardinals used as adjectives or determiners:
If NP(Det+X/type=card + N), then X/pos=a;
otherwise, if NP(X/type=card + N), then X/pos=d
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pos=a & type=card | pos=d & type=card |
| Description | Example | Description | Example |
| cardinal used as adjective | les deux/pos=a & type=card hommes sont venus | cardinal used as determiner | deux/pos=d & type=card hommes sont venus |
Distinction between cardinals used as adjectives or pronouns:
If NP(Det+X/type=card + N), then X/pos=a;
otherwise, if X/type=card, then X/pos=p
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pos=a & type=card | pos=p & type=card |
| Description | Example | Description | Example |
| cardinal used as adjective | les deux/pos=a & type=card hommes sont venus | cardinal/ Det+cardinal used as pronoun | deux/pos=p & type=card sont venus |
Distinction between cardinal adjective and indefinite pronoun:
If NP(Det+number superior than 1), then number/pos=a;
otherwise, if NP(Det+number=1) then number/pos=p
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pos=a & type=card | pos=p & type=indf |
| Description | Example | Description | Example |
| cardinal pronoun | Les deux/pos=a & type=card sont venus | indefinite pronoun | L'un/pos=p & type=indf est venu |
Distinction between cardinal adjective and common noun:
If X has its own conceptual interpretation, if X is semantically autonomous,
X is a noun.
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pos=a & type=card | pos=n |
| Description | Example | Description | Example |
| cardinal adjective | Les sept/pos=a & type=card nains | noun | Le sept/pos=n est mon chiffre préféré |
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