nltk.tag.DefaultTagger.tag_one

DefaultTagger.tag_one(tokens, index, history)

Determine an appropriate tag for the specified token, and return that tag. If this tagger is unable to determine a tag for the specified token, then its backoff tagger is consulted.

Return type:

str

Parameters:
  • tokens (list) – The list of words that are being tagged.
  • index (int) – The index of the word whose tag should be returned.
  • history (list(str)) – A list of the tags for all words before index.