The Development of a Complex-Structured Lexicon based on WordNet

HORÁK, Aleš, Piek VOSSEN and Adam RAMBOUSEK. The Development of a Complex-Structured Lexicon based on WordNet. In Proceedings of the Fourth Global WordNet Conference. Szeged: University of Szeged, 2008, p. 200-208. ISBN 978-963-482-854-9.

Basic information

• Original name: The Development of a Complex-Structured Lexicon based on WordNet
• Name in Czech: Vývoj komplexně strukturovaného lexikonu založeného na WordNetu
• Authors: HORÁK, Aleš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Piek VOSSEN (528 Netherlands) and Adam RAMBOUSEK (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Szeged, Proceedings of the Fourth Global WordNet Conference, p. 200-208, 9 pp. 2008.
• Publisher: University of Szeged

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
• Country of publisher: Hungary
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: Conference web
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14330/08:00025715
• Organization unit: Faculty of Informatics
• ISBN: 978-963-482-854-9
• UT WoS: 000272081100016
• Keywords in English: Cornetto project; WordNet; DEB platform; DEBVisDic
• Tags: Cornetto project, DEB platform, DEBVisDic, WordNet
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The Cornetto project develops a new complex-structured lexicon for the Dutch language. The lexicon comprises information from two current electronic dictionaries - the Referentie Bestand Nederlands (RBN), which contains FrameNet-like structures, and the Dutch WordNet (DWN) with the usual WordNet structures. The Cornetto lexicon (stored in the Cornetto database) will be linked to English WordNet synsets and have detailed descriptions of lexical items in terms of morphologic, syntactic, combinatoric and semantic information. The database is organized in four data collections - lexical units, synsets, ontology terms and the Cornetto identifiers. The Cornetto identifiers are specifically used for managing the relations between lexical units on the one hand and synsets on the other hand. The mapping is first created automatically, but then revised manually by lexicographers. Special interfaces have been developed to compare the different perspectives of organizing concepts (lexical units versus synsets versus ontology terms). In this article, we describe the background information about the Cornetto project and the implementation of necessary project tools that are based on the DEBVisDic tool for WordNet editing. The development of the Cornetto clients is a joint project of the Masaryk University in Brno and the University of Amsterdam.

Abstract (in Czech)

V projektu Cornetto je vyvíjen nový komplexně strukturovaný lexikon holandštiny. Lexikon spojuje informace ze dvou elektronických slovníků - Referentie Bestand Nederlands (RBN) a Dutch WordNet (DWN). Lexikon Cornetto bude navázán na synsety anglického WordNetu a bude obsahovat podrobný popis lexikálních jednotek (morfologické, syntaktické a sémantické informace). Databáze je rozdělena do čtyř částí - lexikální jednotky, synsety, ontologie a Cornetto identifikátory. Cornetto identifikátory slouží k propojení synsetů a lexikálních jednotek, nejprve jsou vytvořeny automaticky, později manuálně upravovány. Pro práci se slovníky bylo vytvořeno speciální uživatelské rozhraní. Článek popisuje implementaci nástrojů, založených na editoru DEBVisDic. Vývoj software pro Cornetto je společným projektem Masarykovy Univerzity a University of Amsterdam.

Links

• LC536, research and development project: Name: Centrum komputační lingvistiky

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Centrum komputační lingvistiky

• 2C06009, research and development project: Name: Prostředky tvorby komplexní báze znalostí pro komunikaci se sémantickým webem v přirozeném jazyce (Acronym: COT-SEWing)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR