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wordnet en · NOUN

Etymology

From word + net.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:artificial intelligence) A semantically structured lexical database.
    • This trimmed wordnet was used in a cross-retrieval test environment and compared with the generic wordnet and no wordnet. 2006, Paul Buitelaar et al., "Domain-Specific WSD", in Eneko Agirre, Philip Edmonds, eds., Word Sense Disambiguation: Algorithms And Applications, page 290
    • (if a document mentions dogs, a wordnet allows the inference it is about animals) 2004, Helge Dyvik, "Translations as Semantic Mirrors: from parallel corpus to wordnet", in Karin Aijmer, Bengt Altenberg, eds., Advances in Corpus Linguistics: Papers from the 23rd International, page 312
    • Bilingual corpora can be used for synset validation in a more fruitful way, especially having in mind the request that all synsets from a wordnet for a language other than English have to be associated, if possible, with an English synset using ILI. 2003, Cvetana Krstev, "Corpora Issues in Validation of Serbian Wordnet", in Václav Matoušek, Pavel Mautner, eds., Text, Speech and Dialogue: 6th International Conference, TSD 2003, České, page 133

Forms

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wordnets Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

WordNet · wordbook

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