PROPN

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`PROPN`: proper noun

Definition

A proper noun is a noun (or nominal content word) that is the name (or part of the name) of a specific individual, place, or object.

In Danish proper nouns differ from common nouns in inflecting only for case, not for definiteness or number, as they are definite and singular by default.

Examples

Anna, Otto
Skåne, USA
Texaco, Pirelli

Treebank Statistics (UD_Danish)

There are 2054 PROPN lemmas (16%), 2241 PROPN types (13%) and 4428 PROPN tokens (5%). Out of 17 observed tags, the rank of PROPN is: 2 in number of lemmas, 3 in number of types and 9 in number of tokens.

The 10 most frequent PROPN lemmas: Danmark, København, Lars, Poul, Nielsen, Hafnia, Europa, USA, Henrik, Peter

The 10 most frequent PROPN types: Danmark, København, Lars, Poul, Nielsen, Europa, Hafnia, Henrik, Peter, USA

The 10 most frequent ambiguous lemmas: CD (PROPN 10, NOUN 1), K. (PROPN 6, X 1), Ducato (PROPN 5, NOUN 1), de (PRON 443, PROPN 3, X 1), Citroën (PROPN 3, NOUN 2), ECU (PROPN 1, NOUN 1), PC (NOUN 2, PROPN 1), al (ADJ 216, PROPN 1)

The 10 most frequent ambiguous types: Per (PROPN 12, ADP 1), CD (PROPN 9, NOUN 1), Hans (DET 14, PROPN 7), K. (PROPN 6, X 1), Liv (PROPN 4, NOUN 1), de (DET 531, PRON 298, PROPN 3, X 1), IF (PROPN 3, NOUN 1), Bank (NOUN 7, PROPN 2), For (ADP 27, CCONJ 16, PROPN 2), Hotel (NOUN 3, PROPN 2)

Per
- PROPN 12: ” Det er utroligt , at Per Henriksen kan få sig selv til at fyre de bemærkninger af .
- ADP 1: Per definition .
CD
- PROPN 9: folketingskandidat for CD i Storstrøms amt
- NOUN 1: Det fremgår også af det sigende titelnummer Follow me , Follow you på guitaristen Karsten Houmarks ny CD , hvor trompetisten Uli Beckerhoff , kapelmesteren selv og bassisten Arild Andersen efter tur folder sig ud i samspil med Mazur , hvis fascinerende , flyvsk flagrende trommespil tydeligvis er præget af erfaringerne fra hendes mere blandede slagtøjsarsenal - således som man også kunne høre da gruppen i fredags spillede i Copenhagen Jazzhouse .
Hans
- DET 14: Og Hans musiksmag er de gode , gamle som Elvis og Tom Jones .
- PROPN 7: En af sagens hovedpersoner overlæge Hans Gregersen citeres for følgende udtalelse .
K.
- PROPN 6: K. J. Philipsen , Hasselvej 6 , 3790 Hasle
- X 1: Udspil : Ru K.
Liv
- PROPN 4: Liv nikkede og prøvede at løsrive sig .
- NOUN 1: Tvivlsom værdi af Hafnia Liv
de
- DET 531: ” Han skulle ha’ en lærestreg for alle de rædsler , han har begået .
- PRON 298: Og tyskerne havde fået det chok , de aldrig overvandt .
- PROPN 3: Et par uger tidligere var hans meget gode ven , den amerikanske arkæolog Mike de Vine , blevet fundet dræbt .
- X 1: ” Han har umådelig stor støtte , især i de de fattigste kvarterer . “
IF
- PROPN 3: Også Bjerregaards komplicerede private spekulationer i og omkring Brøndby IF er blevet hudflettet på en lidet flatterende måde .
- NOUN 1: Men løsningen på længere sigt er helt klart at lægge klubberne sammen , siger Gerner Jørgensen , formand for Rudbjerg IF .
Bank
- NOUN 7: ” Vi har ingen strategisk interesse i Hafnia Bank , “ siger direktør Tommy Petersen , Bikuben .
- PROPN 2: Ingen i besætningen har lyst til at tabe , “ understreger Jesper Bank .
For
- ADP 27: For Søs Krusell , 16 år , har projektet betydet noget helt specielt .
- CCONJ 16: For på det tidspunkt havde jeg store problemer med at få mine penge .
- PROPN 2: ” No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims “ har solgt knap en halv million eksemplarer verden over .
Hotel
- NOUN 3: Gaderne var tømt for mennesker , mens raketter og granatsplinter føg omkring Kabul Hotel .
- PROPN 2: Nummer 603 i det fiktive Railroad Hotel .

Morphology

The form / lemma ratio of PROPN is 1.091042 (the average of all parts of speech is 1.349187).

The 1st highest number of forms (3) was observed with the lemma “Christian”: CHRISTIAN, Chr., Christian.

The 2nd highest number of forms (3) was observed with the lemma “EF”: EF, EF’s, EFs.

The 3rd highest number of forms (3) was observed with the lemma “FN”: FN, FN’s, FNs.

PROPN occurs with 1 features: da-feat/Case (311; 7% instances)

PROPN occurs with 1 feature-value pairs: Case=Gen

PROPN occurs with 2 feature combinations. The most frequent feature combination is _ (4117 tokens). Examples: Danmark, København, Lars, Poul, Nielsen, Europa, Hafnia, Henrik, Peter, USA

Relations

PROPN nodes are attached to their parents using 17 different relations: da-dep/flat (1250; 28% instances), da-dep/nsubj (937; 21% instances), da-dep/nmod (687; 16% instances), da-dep/obl (465; 11% instances), da-dep/conj (275; 6% instances), da-dep/nmod:poss (272; 6% instances), da-dep/appos (219; 5% instances), da-dep/obj (130; 3% instances), da-dep/root (81; 2% instances), da-dep/list (61; 1% instances), da-dep/vocative (16; 0% instances), da-dep/dep (14; 0% instances), da-dep/acl:relcl (12; 0% instances), da-dep/iobj (6; 0% instances), da-dep/advmod (1; 0% instances), da-dep/ccomp (1; 0% instances), da-dep/mark (1; 0% instances)

Parents of PROPN nodes belong to 15 different parts of speech: PROPN (1614; 36% instances), VERB (1333; 30% instances), NOUN (1117; 25% instances), ADV (99; 2% instances), ROOT (81; 2% instances), ADJ (74; 2% instances), ADP (34; 1% instances), X (32; 1% instances), PRON (24; 1% instances), INTJ (6; 0% instances), NUM (5; 0% instances), SYM (4; 0% instances), AUX (3; 0% instances), DET (1; 0% instances), PUNCT (1; 0% instances)

1984 (45%) PROPN nodes are leaves.

1280 (29%) PROPN nodes have one child.

519 (12%) PROPN nodes have two children.

645 (15%) PROPN nodes have three or more children.

The highest child degree of a PROPN node is 15.

Children of PROPN nodes are attached using 21 different relations: da-dep/flat (1438; 29% instances), da-dep/case (1052; 21% instances), da-dep/punct (746; 15% instances), da-dep/nmod (373; 8% instances), da-dep/conj (291; 6% instances), da-dep/amod (188; 4% instances), da-dep/cc (179; 4% instances), da-dep/det (147; 3% instances), da-dep/acl:relcl (141; 3% instances), da-dep/nmod:poss (76; 2% instances), da-dep/advmod (72; 1% instances), da-dep/list (71; 1% instances), da-dep/nummod (40; 1% instances), da-dep/appos (39; 1% instances), da-dep/nsubj (30; 1% instances), da-dep/cop (29; 1% instances), da-dep/dep (26; 1% instances), da-dep/mark (7; 0% instances), da-dep/aux (4; 0% instances), da-dep/obj (3; 0% instances), da-dep/discourse (1; 0% instances)

Children of PROPN nodes belong to 15 different parts of speech: PROPN (1614; 33% instances), ADP (1052; 21% instances), PUNCT (746; 15% instances), NOUN (617; 12% instances), ADJ (202; 4% instances), CCONJ (184; 4% instances), DET (147; 3% instances), VERB (140; 3% instances), ADV (74; 1% instances), NUM (60; 1% instances), X (44; 1% instances), AUX (33; 1% instances), PRON (33; 1% instances), SCONJ (5; 0% instances), INTJ (2; 0% instances)