The topic of the paper is the problem how to define case relations by semantic predicates. A general principle is outlined, which renders it possible to "calculate" case relations for a given representation of a (verb-)sememe by means of expressions. This principle is based on an assignment of case relations to primitive predicates and modification rules for nested expressions. Contrary to the ...

The present article is an attempt to study and reveal linguocognitive properties of metamorphosis in line with its translation. data analysis this research carried out on the fairy tale “At Back North Wind” by Scottish writer George MacDonald. Theoretical framework keenly touches upon Local translation strategies suggested Chesterman model Moskvichova. meticulously outlines stylistic cognitive ...

We describe a topic model based approach for selectional preference. Using the topic features generated by an LDA model on the extracted predicate-arguments over the Chinese Gigaword corpus, we show improvement to our state-of-the-art Chinese SRL system by 2.34 F1 points on arguments of nominal predicates, 0.40 F1 point on arguments of verb predicates, and 0.66 F1 point overall. More over, simi...

In this thesis, I have investigated the properties of simple and complex verbs in Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru, two varieties of a typologically unusual Australian language. Its unusual characteristic is that two distinct lexical categories take over the functions that verbs have in most other languages. One of these is a closed class consisting of only 30 members or so. Since these roots take verb...

This short paper describes the use of the linguistic annotation available in parallel PropBanks (Chinese and English) for the enhancement of automatically derived word alignments. Specifically, we suggest ways to refine and expand word alignments for verb-predicates by using predicate-argument structures. Evaluations demonstrate improved alignment accuracies that vary by corpus type.

Recent efforts have focused on expanding the annotation coverage of PropBank from verb relations to adjective and noun relations, as well as light verb constructions (e.g., make an offer, take a bath). While each new relation type has presented unique annotation challenges, ensuring consistent and comprehensive annotation of light verb constructions has proved particularly challenging, given th...