#21977A method of sense resolution is proposed that is based on WordNet, an on-line lexical database that incorporates semantic relations (synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, meronymy, causal and troponymic entailment) as labeled pointers betweenword senses.
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search a
<term>
large corpus
</term>
; all
<term>
words
</term>
found to occur in that
<term>
context
#22124Or, (2) the context of the polysemous word will be used as a key to search a large corpus; allwords found to occur in that context will be noted; WordNet will then be used to estimate the semantic distance from those words to the alternative senses of the polysemous word; and that sense will be chosen that is closest in meaning to other words occurring in the same context.
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</term>
, it is easy to retrieve sets of
<term>
semantically related words
</term>
, a facility that will be used for
#21990With WordNet, it is easy to retrieve sets ofsemantically related words, a facility that will be used for sense resolution during text processing, as follows.
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( 1 )
<term>
words
</term>
related in
<term>
meaning
</term>
to the
<term>
alternative senses
</term>
#22035Either, (1) words related inmeaning to the alternative senses of the polysemous word will be retrieved; new strings will be derived by substituting these related words into the context of the polysemous word; a large textual corpus will then be searched for these derived strings; and that sense will be chosen that corresponds to the derived string that is found most often in the corpus.
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<term>
alternative senses
</term>
of the
<term>
polysemous word
</term>
will be retrieved ; new strings will
#22042Either, (1) words related in meaning to the alternative senses of thepolysemous word will be retrieved; new strings will be derived by substituting these related words into the context of the polysemous word; a large textual corpus will then be searched for these derived strings; and that sense will be chosen that corresponds to the derived string that is found most often in the corpus.
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used as a
<term>
key
</term>
to search a
<term>
large corpus
</term>
; all
<term>
words
</term>
found to occur
#22120Or, (2) the context of the polysemous word will be used as a key to search alarge corpus; all words found to occur in that context will be noted; WordNet will then be used to estimate the semantic distance from those words to the alternative senses of the polysemous word; and that sense will be chosen that is closest in meaning to other words occurring in the same context.
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</term>
will be chosen that is closest in
<term>
meaning
</term>
to other
<term>
words
</term>
occurring
#22167Or, (2) the context of the polysemous word will be used as a key to search a large corpus; all words found to occur in that context will be noted; WordNet will then be used to estimate the semantic distance from those words to the alternative senses of the polysemous word; and that sense will be chosen that is closest inmeaning to other words occurring in the same context.
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between
<term>
word senses
</term>
. With
<term>
WordNet
</term>
, it is easy to retrieve sets of
<term>
#21981WithWordNet, it is easy to retrieve sets of semantically related words, a facility that will be used for sense resolution during text processing, as follows.
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When a
<term>
word
</term>
with multiple
<term>
senses
</term>
is encountered , one of two procedures
#22015When a word with multiplesenses is encountered, one of two procedures will be followed.
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</term>
is proposed that is based on
<term>
WordNet
</term>
, an on-line
<term>
lexical database
#21949A method of sense resolution is proposed that is based onWordNet, an on-line lexical database that incorporates semantic relations (synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, meronymy, causal and troponymic entailment) as labeled pointers between word senses.
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<term>
information retrieval
</term>
,
<term>
mechanical translation
</term>
,
<term>
intelligent tutoring systems
#22192If successful, this procedure could have practical applications to problems of information retrieval,mechanical translation, intelligent tutoring systems, and elsewhere.
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<term>
sense resolution
</term>
during
<term>
text processing
</term>
, as follows . When a
<term>
word
</term>
#22004With WordNet, it is easy to retrieve sets of semantically related words, a facility that will be used for sense resolution duringtext processing, as follows.