Evaluating the Coverage of VerbNet
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چکیده
This research presents a comparison of the syntactic behavior of verbs represented in an online verb lexicon, VerbNet, and the actual behavior of the verbs in the SemLink corpus. To complete this comparison, each verbal instance of the SemLink corpus is reformulated into a syntactic frame, e.g. Noun Phrase – Verb – Noun Phrase, and compared to syntactic frames listed in VerbNet. Through this effort, the coverage and accuracy of VerbNet is extended with the addition of new syntactic frames and thematic roles such that VerbNet is a more complete reflection of language in use.
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