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HowNet and the computation of meaning / Zhendong Dong, Qiang Dong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dong, Zhendong.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Semantics--Data processing.
- Semantics.
- Lexicology--Data processing.
- Lexicology.
- Phraseology--Data processing.
- Phraseology.
- Natural language processing (Computer science).
- Machine translating.
- Chinese language--Data processing.
- Chinese language.
- English language--Data processing.
- English language.
- HowNet (Computer file).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- 1. Meaning and its representation. 1.1. Concept Relation Net (CRN). 1.2. Attribute Relation Net (ARN)
- 2. Overview of HowNet. 2.1. The history of HowNet. 2.2. The nature of HowNet. 2.3. The architecture of HowNet
- 3. Sememes. 3.1. What is a Sememe. 3.2. Acquisition of a Sememe set. 3.3. Inspiration from Chinese
- 4. Concept classification and property description. 4.1. Concept classification. 4.2. Arbitrariness and purpose of classification. 4.3. Classification by top-down or bottom-up. 4.4. General guidelines for concept classification in HowNet. 4.5. Root-nodes in HowNet
- 5. Semantic roles. 5.1. What is a semantic role. 5.2. Semantic roles in HowNet
- 6. Taxonomy. 6.1. Event taxonomy. 6.2. Entity taxonomy. 6.3. Attribute taxonomy. 6.4. Attribute-value taxonomy. 6.5. Secondary features list. 6.6. Antonymous and converse Sememes lists
- 7. Knowledge dictionary of HowNet. 7.1. Lexical entry. 7.2. Part-of-Speech (POS). 7.3. Example. 7.4. Concept definition
- 8. Knowledge database mark-up language and concept defining. 8.1. Extended BNF of KDML. 8.2. Identifiers of KDML and referent signs. 8.3. Defining regulations. 8.4. Principles of defining concepts
- 9. Revelation of relations in HowNet. 9.1. Explicit relations. 9.2. Implicit relations. 9.3. Axiomatic relation of events and role shifting
- 10. Browser - HowNet's device of computation of meaning. 10.1. Dictionary page. 10.2. Taxonomy page
- 11. Secondary resources - HowNet's devices of computation of meaning. 11.1. Concept Relevance Calculator (CRC). 11.2. Concept Similarity Measure (CSM). 11.3. Query Expansion Tool (QET)
- 12. HowNet as a software. 12.1. Data construction. 12.2. Application Program Interface (API) of HowNet
- 13. New resources activating new technology - some applications of HowNet. 13.1. Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD). 13.2. Question analysis in question answering. 13.3. Domain-specific seed word list updating
- 14. Some views of Chinese through HowNet. 14.1. Words or no words. 14.2. Part-of-speech - semantics-first. 14.3. Aspect of Chinese verbs.
- Notes:
- Accompanying CD-ROM contains Mini-HowNet, software to demonstrate concepts described in the text, and associated text files.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611919627
- 9781281919625
- 1281919624
- 9789812774675
- 981277467X
- OCLC:
- 614462446
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