Frame-guided exploration of WordNet

LexiPass methodology: a conceptual path from frames to senses and back

In this paper we claim that an integration of FrameNet and WordNet will improve interoperability, user-friendliness and usability of both lexical resources. If the former provides a sophisticated representational structure compared to a narrow lexical coverage, the latter on the other side supplies a dense network of word senses and semantic relations although not supporting advanced accessibil...

Automatic Construction of Persian ICT WordNet using Princeton WordNet

WordNet is a large lexical database of English language, in which, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets). Each synset expresses a distinct concept. Synsets are interlinked by both semantic and lexical relations. WordNet is essentially used for word sense disambiguation, information retrieval, and text translation. In this paper, we propose s...

Inducing A Semantic Frame Lexicon From WordNet Data

Comparison Between Open and Ultrasonography Guided Venous Access Ports in Children with Malignancy

Background: Long-term central venous access is used in children for various reasons specially for delivering chemotherapy. Since vessels in children have smaller diameters, they are more prone to injury and complications such as thrombosis. Different methods are used for implantation of port-a-cath in children. We aimed to compare the complications of insertion of central venous access ports be...

On Mending a Torn Dress: The Frame Problem and WordNet∗

Verbs fall into a variety of semantic classes. In particular, change of state verbs express events where an “affected” grammatical object undergoes a change of state. Properties of the object as expressed by adjectival modification hold true at the start of the event. The problem of determining if such properties are preserved at event culmination is a sub-case of the well-studied Frame Problem...