Function Repository Resource:

NounQ

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Check if a word is a noun

Contributed by: Arnoud Buzing

ResourceFunction["NounQ"][word]

gives True if word can be used as a noun and False otherwise.

Details and Options

The result is True if any definition of word is a noun.

Examples

Basic Examples (1) 

Check if a word is a noun:

In[1]:=
ResourceFunction["NounQ"]["baseball"]
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In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["NounQ"]["happy"]
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Applications (1) 

Find how many words in an article can be used as nouns:

In[3]:=
Counts[ResourceFunction["NounQ"] /@ TextWords[WikipediaData["Noun"]]]
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Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 11 October 2018

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