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[peage1475]

I am a begginner programmer and I need help creating a project that will accept a string, parse it, and say whether it is a sentence as defined by a given set of rules. The problem I am having is given a string how can I tell what part of speech a word is. Here is an example:

input string:
fido chased felix.

How can I find out that: fido is a noun, chased is a verb, and felix is a noun?

Is there some sort of built in dictionary that can determine this for me? any help would much apperciated. Thanks

[Xystus777]

Let me know if you find help for this. I'm in need too.

[Xav]

I do not know of any built-in dictionaries. You could try an online thingy - find a website that allows you to search for things such as example.com/dictionary.php?word=Felix and then append the name of the word onto that. However: the word Felix will not be in the dictionary! Bear this in mind.

[WingedPanther]

You could get the OpenOffice Thesaurus (which lists parts of speech) and use that info to help.

[Xav]

Even so - is Felix or Fido in the dictionary?

[peage1475]

Thanks for the hlep. I guess what I can do is try to use the OpenOffice Thesaurus and also define some other words I will encounter myself and use both to find the correct part of speach. Thanks again.

[WingedPanther]

Some words won't be, no.

[Xav]

Even my Firefox dictionary (state-of-the-art of course) didn't recognise the two names. Then again, it doesn't recognise the word "Firefox" either.