Using an on-line dictionary to extract a list of sense-disambiguated synonyms

The feasibility of extracting both explicit and implicit synonym references from a machine readable dictionary is investigated; the extracted synonyms, both symmetric and asymmetric, are then sense-disambiguated. At the same time lemma numbers and unbound parts-of-speech of synonyms become instantiated. The dictionary source is also a resource for parsing the definitions, but its comprehensiveness is often a mixed blessing as a disambiguation tool.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1992
• Where: ACMSE
• Authors: Jan G. Wilms
• Keywords: ACMSE 1992, Implicit Synonym References, Machine Readable Dictionary, Theoretical Computer Science, Time Lemma Numbers