ImageSchemaNet: A framester graph for embodied commonsense knowledge

Commonsense knowledge is a broad and challenging area of research which investigates our understanding the world as well human assumptions about reality. Deriving directly from subjective perception external world, it intrinsically intertwined with embodied cognition. reasoning linked to sense-making, pattern recognition framing abilities. This work presents new resource that formalizes cognitive theory image schemas. Image schemas are dynamic conceptual building blocks originating sensorimotor interactions physical enable sense-making activity assign coherence structure entities, events situations we experience everyday. ImageSchemaNet an ontology aligns pre-existing resources, such FrameNet, VerbNet, WordNet MetaNet Framester hub, schema theory. article describes empirical application ImageSchemaNet, combined semantic parsers, on task annotating natural language sentences