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WordNet: A Lexical Database for English. George A. Miller Presenter: Cristina Nicolae. WordNet. an online lexical database designed for use under program control English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs organized into sets of synonyms ( synsets ) semantic relations link the synsets.
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WordNet: A Lexical Database for English George A. Miller Presenter: Cristina Nicolae
WordNet • an online lexical database designed for use under program control • English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs organized into sets of synonyms (synsets) • semantic relations link the synsets
WordNet Statistics • > 118,000 different word forms • > 90,000 different word senses • > 166,000 pairs (word, sense) • 17% words are polysemous • 40% have one or more synonyms
Semantic Relations in WordNet A semantic relation is represented by a pointer between word forms or between synsets. >116,000 pointers