The relation determiner (det) holds between a nominal head and its
[determiner].
Determiners are words that modify nouns or noun phrases and express the reference of the noun phrase in context. That is, a determiner may indicate whether the noun is referring to a definite or indefinite element of a class, to a closer or more distant element, to an element belonging to a specified person or thing, to a particular number or quantity, etc.
Note that cardinal numerals (one, five, hundred) are not tagged DET but nummod.
Ordinal numbers are considered det in Basque:
Lehen partiduan hiru puntuak eskuratzea ez da ezinbestekoa .
To get the three points in the first match is not essential .
Aukera asko daude . \n Options many there_are .
det(Aukera-1, asko-2)
cop(Aukera-1, daude-3)
punct(Aukera-1-2, .-4)
Oso harreman gutxi dute gurekin .
They have very few relation with us .
Oso harreman gutxi dute gurekin . \n Very relation few have us_with .
advmod(harreman-2, Oso-1)
det(harreman-2, gutxi-3)
dobj(dute-4, harreman-2)
nmod(dute-4, gurekin-5)
punct(dute-4, .-6)
Interrogative determiners:
Zeintzu proiektu dituzu epe laburrera ?
Which projects do you have in the near future ?
Zeintzu proiektu dituzu epe laburrera ? \n Which projects do you have in the near future ?
det(proiektu-2, Zeintzu-1)
dobj(dituzu-3, proiektu-2)
nmod(dituzu-3, epe-4)
amod(epe-4, laburrera-5)
punct(dituzu-3, ?-6)
Demonstrative determiners are also det:
Euroaren kotizazio hau azken lau asteetako altuena da .
This price of the euro is the highest one in the last four weeks .
Euroaren kotizazio hau azken lau asteetako altuena da . \n Euro_the_of price this last four week_the_of highest_the is .*
nmod(kotizazio-2, Euroaren-1)
det(kotizazio-2, hau-3)
nsubj(altuena-7, kotizazio-2)
det(lau-5, azken-4)
nummod(asteetako-6, lau-5)
nmod(altuena-7, asteetako-6)
cop(altuena-7, da-8)
punct(altuena-7, .-9)
Possessive determiners, are not tagged with det but with nmod (see nmod section).
Treebank Statistics (UD_Basque)
This relation is universal.
3032 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as det.
1870 instances of det (62%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.12598944591029.