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noun phrase (NounPhrase)

A Phrase that has the same function as a Noun.

Ontology

SUMO / OBJECTS

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  self connected object  
is subclass of
  content bearing object  
is subclass of
  linguistic expression  
is subclass of
  phrase  
is subclass of
  noun phrase  

Coordinate term(s)

prepositional phrase  verb phrase 

Related WordNet synsets

noun phrase
a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
noun phrase is kind of (all)...   noun phrase is kind of...  
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Axioms (4)

phrase is disjointly decomposed into verb phrase,noun phrase,prepositional phrase. 
(disjointDecomposition Phrase VerbPhrase NounPhrase PrepositionalPhrase)
noun phrase is disjoint from verb phrase. 
(disjoint NounPhrase VerbPhrase)
If sentence is an instance of sentence, then there exist noun phrase phrase1,verb phrase phrase2 so that phrase1 is a part of sentence and phrase2 is a part of sentence. 
(=>
      (instance ?SENTENCE Sentence)
      (exists
            (?PHRASE1 ?PHRASE2)
            (and
                  (instance ?PHRASE1 NounPhrase)
                  (instance ?PHRASE2 VerbPhrase)
                  (part ?PHRASE1 ?SENTENCE)
                  (part ?PHRASE2 ?SENTENCE))))
If sent is an instance of sentence, then there exist noun phrase noun,verb phrase verb so that noun is a part of sent and verb is a part of sent. 
(=>
      (instance ?SENT Sentence)
      (exists
            (?NOUN ?VERB)
            (and
                  (instance ?NOUN NounPhrase)
                  (instance ?VERB VerbPhrase)
                  (part ?NOUN ?SENT)
                  (part ?VERB ?SENT))))