RB_RESIDUAL Adverbs (residual)
Definition
Adverbs with no semantic subcategory tag. MFTE’s RBother = RB tokens that have ONLY the RB tag, no additional semantic tags appended.
Detection Rules
mfte
RB residual = adverbs minus semantic categories. Uses count subtraction which may overcount if categories overlap.
cql[pos="RB"]
combine: _ & -AMP & -DWNT & -EMPH & -HDG & -FREQ & -PLACE & -TIME & -DMA & -CONC
Normalization
Per words
Sources
- mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version
Notes
MFTE allows multiple semantic tags per token. This approximation uses count subtraction which may not match exactly if there’s overlap.