Using WordNet to Posit Hierarchical Structure in Levin's Verb Classes
Abstract
In this paper we report on experiments using WordNet synset tags to evaluate the semantic properties of the verb classes cataloged by Levin 1993. This paper represents ongoing research begun at the University of Pennsylvania (Rosenzweig et al. 1997, Palmer et al. 1997) and the University of Maryland (Dorr and Jones 1996b, 1996d, 1996e). Using WordNet sense tags to constrain the intersection of Levin classes, we avoid spurious class intersections introduced by homonymy and polysemy (run a bath, run a mile). By adding class intersections based on a single shared sense-tagged word, we minimize the impact of the non-exhaustiveness of Levin's database Dorr and Olsen 1996, Dorr to appear). By examining the syntactic properties of the intersective classes, we provide a clearer picture of the relationship between WordNet/EuroWordNet and the LCS interlingua for machine translation and other XLP applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA458244
Entities
People
- Bonnie J. Dorr
- David J. Clark
- Mari B. Olsen
Organizations
- University of Maryland