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Appendix: CG-rules for proper nouns
Addendum to chapter 2.2.4.4: Context sensitive Constraint Grammar rules for the
disambiguation of proper noun candidates (for an explanation of the rule formalism,
cf. chapters 3.5.3 and 3.6)
A) Non-heuristic CG rules:
Choose the proper noun reading,
if the alternative is a singular noun and there is no preceding matching prenominal:
SELECT (PROP) (0 NS) (NOT -1 PRE-NS) (*1C VFIN) (NOT 0 N-UDEN-DET);
SELECT (PROP) (0 NS) (NOT -1 PRE-NS OR >>>) (NOT 0 OR N-UDEN-DET) ;
if the word to the left is a pre-name word:
SELECT (PROP) (-1 ) (NOT 0 ATTR OR HEAD-ORD&) ; # not: Advogado Importado
if the word before also is a name:
SELECT (PROP) (-1C PROP) (NOT 0 VFIN OR HEAD-ORD&) ; # not: Collor $Enloqueceu o Brasil
SELECT (PROP) (-1C PROP) (*1C VFIN BARRIER CLB) (NOT 0 HEAD-ORD&) ;
SELECT (PROP) (-1C PROP) (NOT 0 V3 OR ADV OR PCP OR HEAD-ORD&) ;
if the following word is a name:
SELECT (PROP) (1C PROP) (NOT 0 HEAD-ORD&);
SELECT (PROP) (1 PROP) (*2C N/A/V LINK NOT 0 ) (NOT 0 HEAD-ORD&) ;
SELECT () (1C PROP) ;
SELECT () (1C PROP) ;
if the word is sentence-initial:
SELECT (PROP) (-1 >>>) (NOT 0 NP OR AP OR V) (*1 VFIN) ;
SELECT (PROP) (-1 >>>) (1 V3S) (NOT 0 NS OR AS) ;
SELECT (PROP) (-1 >>>) (1C V3S) ;
SELECT (PROP) (-1 >>>) (1 KC/VFIN/ADV) (NOT 0 SPEC OR N-UDEN-DET OR NOM OR NP) ; # Itamar só
espera nomear
if the word is part of a typical "noble name chain":
SELECT (PROP) (-1C ) (-2 PRP-DE) (-3 PROP) ; # Tadeu do Amaral
SELECT (PROP) (-1 ) (-2 PRP-DE) (-3C PROP) ;
if the word is co-ordinated with another proper noun:
SELECT (PROP) (-1 E-KC) (-2C PROP) (NOT 0 HEAD-ORD&); # Evandro Lins e $Silva
if the nearest safe content word (noun, adjective or verb) is not capitalised, and the target word is not sentence initial or
post-attributive (like 'o século XXI’)
SELECT (PROP) (*1C N/A/V LINK NOT 0 ) (NOT -1 >>>) (NOT 0 ) ;
SELECT (PROP) (*-1C N/A/V LINK NOT 0 ) (NOT 0 ) ;
if the word is preceded by another capitalised word and has another (derived) reading, as long as there are no head line
words anywhere in the sentence:
SELECT (PROP) (0 DER) (-1 ) (**-1 ALL BARRIER HEAD-ORD LINK -1 >>>) (NOT *1 HEAD-ORD) ; # o
Banco $Pactual
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