ExtPos: external POS
This feature indicates, for the head of a fixed expression,
the effective UPOS of the full expression when it differs from the UPOS of the word itself.
Occasionally, ExtPos is used even if ExtPos = upos.
ExtPos is used in the SUD framework.
It is kept in FEATS in the UD conversion.
ADJ: adjective-like expression
Examples
- dis house na no go area (no =
AUX) “This house is a no-go area”
ADP: adposition-like expression
Examples
- close to her (close =
ADJ) “Close to her” - for inside barrack (for =
ADP) “Inside the barracks”
ADV: adverb-like expression
Examples
- I no dey interested at all (at =
ADP) “I’m not interested at all” - of course (at =
ADP) “Of course” - at least five percent (at =
ADP) “At least five percent”
CCONJ: coordinating conjunction-like expression
Examples
- and in fact sey (and =
CCONJ) “And in fact”
INTJ: interjection-like expression
Examples
- na wa for dat woman (na =
PART) “Too bad for that woman”
NOUN: noun-like expression
Examples
- use by force (by =
ADP) “Use by force”
PART: part-like expression
Examples
- na im be sey (na =
PART) “That’s to say”
PROPN: proper noun-like expression
Examples
- Port Harcourt (Port =
NOUN) “Port Harcourt” - Cool FM (Cool =
ADJ) “Cool FM” - Ben Ten (Ben =
PROPN) “Ben Ten”
SCONJ: subordinator-like expression
Examples
- na im (na =
AUX) “That’s it”
VERB: subordinator-like expression
Examples
- e plenty (plenty =
ADJ) “It’s plenty”
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