coreferent
/koʊˈrɛfərənt/
noun
- A word or phrase that refers to the same person or thing as another word or phrase in a text.
- In 'The cat chased its tail,' 'its' is a coreferent of 'the cat.'
- The two nouns 'Dr. Smith' and 'the surgeon' are coreferents in the article.
- Finding coreferents helps computers understand who did what in a sentence.
adjective
- Referring to the same entity as another expression.
- A coreferent link connects a pronoun to its earlier noun.
- The pronoun 'she' is coreferent with the name 'Emma' in the story.
- These two phrases are coreferent because they describe the same person.