Assertion: proper noun | /r/HasProperty | definite
Facets:
value: by their nature
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Proper nouns are definite, meaning that a speaker may "assume that the listener can identify the referent.
text: Because they are used to refer to an individual entity, proper names are, by their nature, definite; so a definite article would be redundant, and personal names (like John) are used without an article or other determiner.