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 Information status tags (i.e. values of status and statustype attributes of markable elements).

status Attribute

Values Description
old entity has been mentioned before, or is generic
med not mentioned before, but can be inferred from previous discourse or general knowledge
new newly mentioned and not inferrable
-ap not applicable, not marked because e.g. discourse marker
-un not understood

statustype Attributes used with old entities

Values Description
ident anaphoric reference to a previously mentioned entity
relative relative pronoun
generic generic pronoun
ident_generic generic possessive pronoun
general I and you
event reference to a previously mentioned VP
none not specified

statustype Attributes used with med entities

Values Description
bound bound pronoun
general generally known, e.g. the sun
event relates to a previously mentioned VP
aggregation reference to previously mentioned co-ordinated NPs
func_value refers to the values of a previously mentioned function, e.g. centigrade
set subset, superset or member of the same set as a previously mentioned entity
part part-whole relation for physical objects
poss intra-phrasal possessive relation (pre- and post- nominal) that is not part
situation part of a situation set up by a previous entity
none not specified