When I say (with its equivalent part of speech according to PS. Penn Treebank tags
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convert/VB binary/JJ 111/CD to/TO decimal/JJ system/NN
my specific interest is on that binary/JJ 111/CD , "binary" is the
adjective of the number "111" and it modifies the number.
In English, almost every noun can act as adjective which is called
adjectival noun , it's always located to the left of the noun that it
modifies called the head, such as "water tank", "dog house", "computer
program", those words water, dog, computer are adjectival noun
respectively.
so how about this,
convert/VB 2/CD kilometers/NN to/TO meter/NN
"2" is a cardinal number and is also a noun, "2" will modifies
"kilometers", do we look at "2" as the adjective of kilometer ? or how
do you look at it ? Thank you.
Regards,
William Kisman
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