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Sub-attributes - French

The sub-attributes of word classes and entity types the disambiguator can identify for the French language are:

Word class or entity type Sub-attributes
ART Gender, number
PRE Gender, number
NOU Gender, number
NPR Gender, number
NPH Gender, number
ENT Gender, number
ADJ Gender, number, adjective type, grade
VER Tense, person, form
PRO Gender, number, person, pronoun type, reflexive pronoun
CON Conjunction type

Values codes for each grammatical sub-attribute are listed in the following tables.

Gender

Code Description
M Male
F Female

Number

Code Description
S Singular
P Plural

Adjective type

Code Description
p Possessive
i Demonstrative
q Descriptive
a Other
c Plural number

Tense

Code Mood Tense
indicative Indicatif /
subjunctive Subjonctif /
conditional Conditionnel /
imperative Impératif /
infinitive Infinitif /
participle Participe /
gerund Gérondif /
present_indicative Indicatif Présent
present_perfect_indicative Indicatif Passé composé
imperfect_indicative Indicatif Imparfait
past_perfect_indicative Indicatif Plus-que-parfait
simple_past_indicative Indicatif Passé simple
preterite_perfect_indicative Indicatif Passé antérieur
future_indicative Indicatif Futur
future_perfect_indicative Indicatif Futur antérieur
present_subjunctive Subjonctif Présent
imperfect_subjunctive Subjonctif Imparfait
past_perfect_subjunctive Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait
present_conditional Conditionnel Présent
past_conditional Conditionnel Passé
present_imperative Impératif Présent
past_imperative Impératif Passé
present_infinitive Infinitif Présent
past_infinitive Infinitif Passé
present_participle Participe Présent
past_participle Participe Passé
simple_gerund Gérondif /
past_gerund Participe Passé composé

Warning

The disambiguator may recognize some subjunctive and imperative verbs as indicative, because such verbs are graphically identical.

Person

Code Description
1 First person singular
2 Second person singular
3 Third person singular
4 First person plural
5 Second person plural
6 Third person plural

Form

Code Description
negative Negative
passive Passive
passive_negative Negative passive

Grade

Code Description
B Positive

Conjunction type

Code Description
s Subordinate clause
c Coordinate clause

Pronoun type

Code Description
s Only subject
v Particular pronoun complement
a Other

Reflexive pronoun

Code Description
reflexive Reflexive