Interpretation of Compound Nominals Using WordNet
| Title | Interpretation of Compound Nominals Using WordNet |
| Publication Type | Book Chapters |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Barrett L, Davis A, Dorr BJ |
| Editor | Gelbukh A |
| Book Title | Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text ProcessingComputational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing |
| Series Title | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Volume | 2004 |
| Pagination | 169 - 181 |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin / Heidelberg |
| ISBN Number | 978-3-540-41687-6 |
| Abstract | We describe an approach to interpreting noun-noun compounds within a question answering system. The system’s lexicon, based on WordNet, provides the basis for heuristics that group noun-noun compounds with seman- tically similar words. The semantic relationship between the nouns in a com- pound is determined by the choice of heuristic for the compound. We discuss procedures for selecting one heuristic in cases where several can apply to a compound, the effects of lexical ambiguity, and some initial results of our methods. |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44686-9_17 |