Some people who hate noise should not live in the city. In the attributive clause, who refers to ‘some people’ or ‘people’？

Question

Some people who hate noise should not live in the city.

In the attributive clause, who refers to some people or people？ Or both have the opportunity?

Answer 1

In an integrated (defining) relative clause, the relative pronoun usually refers to the nominal (noun phrase minus determinative).

The most central and most frequent type of relative construction is the integrated relative. It usually functions as a modifier within a nominal constituent.

Huddleston & Pullum (2002: 1034)

Therefore, in your sentence, "who" refers to "people", and not "some people".