Problem 3 : POS Tagging . Use the Penn Treebank tags to tag each word in the fol

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Problem 3: POS Tagging. Use the Penn Treebank tags to tag each word in the following sentences. Remember to tag punctuation.

1. Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.

2. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

3. Call me Ishmael.

4. If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

Explanation / Answer

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.

POS Tagging

1. Many - 'EX'- Existential Tag
Years later- ' NNPS'- Tag
as he faced the firing squad- 'PNP'-Prepositional Noun phrase
was to remember-'VP'
That distant afternoon-A1 tag
when -WRB Tag
his-'PDT' predeterminer tag
took-RB tag
discover-'JJ' Tag
ice-'NNS' Tag
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2.

It -'PRP' Tag
Was-VP Tag
bright cold-ADJP Tag
day-PNP Tag
in-IN 'Tag'
april-'PNP' tag
and-'CC' tag
the-'DT' Determiner tag
were-EX tag
striking-JJS 'tag'
thirteen-'CD' tag
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3

if-'MD' Tag
You-'PRP' Tag
really-'JJ' Tag
want-WRB tag
to-'PP' tag
hear-'VP' tag
about-'RP' tag
it-'PRP' tag
the first thing-NP
you-PRP tag
propably-'ADVP' tag
want-'VP' tag
to-PP 'tag'
know-'RB' tag
where-'WRB' tag
was born-VP
and-'CC' tag
what-'WP' tag
my-'PRP$' tag
lousy childhood-'RB' tag
was-'VP '
like-'RBS' tag
and-'CC' tag
how-'MD' tag
my-'PRP$' tag
were-'WRB' tag
occupied-'RB' tag
and-'CC Tag'
before-'PDT' tag
they-'VBD' tag
had-'PRP' tag
all-'CD' tag
that-'A1' tag
kind-'JJ' tag
but-'SBAR' tag
don't feel-'RB' tag
like-'ADJP' tag
If-'SBAR' tag
want-'VP ' tag
to-'IN'
know-'PR+DT' tag
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