VerbOcean is a semantic network of verbs developed way back in 2004 to assist people with creating a wide variety of systems such as question answering and automatic translation. These verbs are therefore a must to learn! The slides listed below contain the most common definitions of the unique verbs in VerbOcean. Presentation I: abandon… Read More VerbOcean Semantic Network
These slides contain basic vocabulary (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs) and are intended to help you assess and extend your knowledge of English. For each word only the most common definition is given. All definitions are taken from Wordnet. Words classifiable in four different ways as a noun, verb, adjective and adverb Nouns Adjectives Regular… Read More Vocabulary Slides – Common Words
Introduction Wordnet is based on a model of the organization of human memory called a Semantic Network (see Collins and Quillian). Such networks represent semantic relations among concepts as in the diagram on the right. We have knowledge of tens of thousands of concepts which we can usually recall effortlessly. As a lexical database of… Read More The Design of Wordnet
What follows was taken from the original WordNet document which is located here: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/man/wngloss.7WN.html. Information in WordNet is organized around logical groupings called synsets. Each synset consists of a list of synonymous words or collocations (eg. “fountain pen” , “take in” ), and pointers that describe the relations between this synset and other synsets. A… Read More WordNet – Glossary Of Terms
Image via Wikipedia All of the dictionaries listed below are based on Wordnet and available for free. They are a good place to start if you want to learn about the semantic relationships that exist between words. Wordnet VisualWn Artha WordWeb If your not sure how Wordnet differs from a conventional dictionary then do not… Read More Dictionaries Based On Wordnet
Image by margolove via Flickr Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs Words classifiable in four different ways as either a noun, adjective, verb or adverb, are very useful when you’re trying to understand the semantic relationships that exist between words that are defined in Wordnet. You may or may not know that Wordnet is a free lexical… Read More Words classifiable in four different ways as a noun, adjective, verb and adverb
Cover of English Verbs Present tenses Simple present (or simply “present”): “I listen.” For many verbs, this is used to express habit or ability (e.g. “I play the guitar”, “Listen to me please”.). Present continuous: “I am listening.” This is used to express what most other languages use the simple present tense for. Note that… Read More Tense Summary
Here are the main semantic relationships between words that appear in Wordnet. Nouns hypernyms: canine (Y) is a hypernym of dog (X) – Y is a hypernym of X if every X is a (kind of) Y. hyponyms: dog (X) is a hyponym of canine (Y) – X is a hyponym of Y if every… Read More Semantic Relationships Between Words
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