Semantic relations between verbs in Polish WordNet 2.0

Abstract

Semantic relations between verbs in Polish WordNet 2.0The noun dominates wordnets. The lexical semantics of verbs is usually under-represented, even if it is essential in any semantic analysis which goes beyond statistical methods. We present our attempt to remedy the imbalance; it begins by designing a sufficiently rich set of wordnet relations for verbs. We discuss and show in detail such a relation set in the largest Polish wordnet. Our design decisions, while as general and language-independent as possible, are mainly informed by our desire to capture the nature and peculiarities of the verb system in Polish.

Dynamic verbs in the Wordnet of Polish

“…The model for the description of verbs in plWordNet 3.1 (Dziob, Piasecki, Maziarz, Wieczorek, & Dobrowolska-Pigoń, 2017) originated from the one of plWordNet 3.0 (Maziarz, Piasecki, Szpakowicz, Rabiega-Wiśniewska, & Hojka, 2011) The introduced modifications resulted in the simplification of the system of verb semantic classes and lexico-semantic relations. The changes were aimed at limiting proliferation of verb senses triggered by too fine grained semantic classes and their interactions with relation definitions.…”

“…Seven main semantic verb classes were introduced in plWordNet 2.0 capitalising on the classification of Vendler (1957) and its modification by Laskowski (1998), namely: processes, actions, acts, accidents, activities, events and states (Maziarz et al, 2011). The classes were organised into a complex hierarchy with many subtypes represented by additional artificial synsets.…”

“…Hyponymy and its reverse hypernymy are basic relations building the verb hierarchy in plWordNet. Hyponymy is defined with the help of the following substitution test (Maziarz et al, 2011):…”

“…Inchoativity is often signalled by derivational associations, but not always, and it has been expanded to the level of synsets, beyond the derivational signal, due to its clear semantic content, see Maziarz et al (2011), i.e. also in plWordNet it links LUs that are not derivationally associated.…”

The chicken-and-egg problem in wordnet design: synonymy, synsets and constitutive relations

“…Homogeneity in language is rare. The characteristics of a text vary in many The verb-specific constitutive relations are presupposition, preceding, cause, state, processuality and inchoativity (Maziarz et al 2011). 28 In Princeton WordNet glen has its register label (domain: region-Scotland) and it is a hyponym of valley, because of differentiae: glen 'a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)'.…”