Central semantic of value qualitative adjective

Semantic criterion

1. An adjective has the type qualitative if it has not the type-values demonstrative, possessive, indefinite, cardinal or ordinal. A qualitative adjective predicates a quality/ property of an object, or specifies a judgment.

Test

Given X an adjective, If 'plus ou moins/ très X' succeeds, X is a qualitative adjective.

• un livre plus ou moins intéressant /pos=a & type=qual  
• un pantalon très rouge /pos=a & type=qual  

but:

• *un plus ou moins autre /pos=a & type=indf   livre

Test

Given X an adjective, If 'cela fait X', 'trouver, juger, etc. qn./ qc. X' succeeds, X is a qualitative adjective.

• cela fait français /pos=a & type=qual  
• cela fait antique /pos=a & type=qual  

List of possible semantic subclasses:

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e s

color rouge /pos=a & type=qual  

geography français /pos=a & type=qual  

epoch, period médiéval /pos=a & type=qual  

measure petit /pos=a & type=qual  

morals, sensation heureux /pos=a & type=qual  

appreciation, judgment gentil /pos=a & type=qual  

social status instruit /pos=a & type=qual  

... ...

Syntactico-semantic criterion

1. Some adjectives have the value +number, but they are nevertheless considered as qualitative adjectives, because they can occupy the position before the noun and the position after the noun (with the same signification).

Test

Given X and adjective, Det a determiner, N a noun, NP a nominal phrase; If the position of X doesn't change its signification, X has the type-value qualitative.

• de multiples /pos=a & type=qual   possibilités; des possibilités multiples
• de nombreuses /pos=a & type=qual   possibilités; des possibilités nombreuses