#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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</term>
will then be used to estimate the
<term>
semantic distance
</term>
from those
<term>
words
</term>
to the
#22143Or, (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 thesemantic 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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semantic distance
</term>
from those
<term>
words
</term>
to the
<term>
alternative senses
</term>
#22147Or, (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 thosewords 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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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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will be followed . Either , ( 1 )
<term>
words
</term>
related in
<term>
meaning
</term>
to
#22032Either, (1)words related in meaning 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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from those
<term>
words
</term>
to the
<term>
alternative senses
</term>
of the
<term>
polysemous word
</term>
#22150Or, (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 thealternative 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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for these derived strings ; and that
<term>
sense
</term>
will be chosen that corresponds to
#22081Either, (1) words related in meaning 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 thatsense 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>
; and that
<term>
sense
</term>
will
#22154Or, (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 thepolysemous 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>
polysemous word
</term>
; and that
<term>
sense
</term>
will be chosen that is closest in
#22159Or, (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 thatsense will be chosen that is closest in meaning to other words occurring in the same context.
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<term>
corpus
</term>
. Or , ( 2 ) the
<term>
context
</term>
of the
<term>
polysemous word
</term>
#22106Or, (2) thecontext 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 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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closest in
<term>
meaning
</term>
to other
<term>
words
</term>
occurring in the same
<term>
context
#22170Or, (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 in meaning to otherwords occurring in the same context.
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<term>
words
</term>
occurring in the same
<term>
context
</term>
. If successful , this procedure
#22175Or, (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 in meaning to other words occurring in the samecontext.
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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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2 ) the
<term>
context
</term>
of the
<term>
polysemous word
</term>
will be used as a
<term>
key
</term>
#22109Or, (2) the context of thepolysemous 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 in meaning to other words occurring in the same context.
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practical applications to problems of
<term>
information retrieval
</term>
,
<term>
mechanical translation
</term>
#22189If successful, this procedure could have practical applications to problems ofinformation retrieval, mechanical translation, intelligent tutoring systems, and elsewhere.
tech,15-6-H91-1077,ak
<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.
tech,18-6-H91-1077,ak
<term>
mechanical translation
</term>
,
<term>
intelligent tutoring systems
</term>
, and elsewhere . A system is described
#22195If successful, this procedure could have practical applications to problems of information retrieval, mechanical translation,intelligent tutoring systems, and elsewhere.
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, a facility that will be used for
<term>
sense resolution
</term>
during
<term>
text processing
</term>
#22001With WordNet, it is easy to retrieve sets of semantically related words, a facility that will be used forsense resolution during text processing, as follows.
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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.