Semantic Relations in Glosses and Explanations: Do They Help?
Neeme Kahusk, Kadri Vider, Estonian WordNet Glosses · 2006
This paper gives an overview of current state of Estonian Wordnet and discuss the problem of word definitions in EstWN glosses and word explanation experiments. In this paper, the role of semantic relations in word explanations is discussed. Verbs and nouns are extracted from word definitions (glosses) of Estonian WordNet, and linked with semantic relations of the key word. The results are compared with a word explanation experiment where subjects have to explain as many words as they can within a limited time. Our aim is to tag word senses in Estonian WordNet definition field and find the semantic relations they have with the literals We compare the semantic relations found in dictionary definitions with these, that people give when they have to explain a word under time pressure. Besides improving our wordnet, we hope to find better guidelines for forming word explanations in general.