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The Icelandic Word Web: A language technology-focused redesign of a lexicosemantic database

Hjalti Daníelsson

Jón Hilmar Jónsson

Þórður Arnar Árnason

Alec Shaw

Einar Freyr Sigurðsson

Steinþór Steingrímsson

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Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa), May 31-June 2, 2021.

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 178:48, p. 429-434

NEALT Proceedings Series 45:48, p. 429-434

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Published: 2021-05-21

ISBN: 978-91-7929-614-8

ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

Abstract

The new Icelandic Word Web (IW) is a language technology focused redesign of a lexicosemantic database of semantically related entries. The IW’s entities, relations, metadata and categorization scheme have all been implemented from scratch in two systems, OntoLex and SKOS. After certain adjustments were made to OntoLex and SKOS interoperability, it was also possible to implement specific IW features that, while potentially nonstandard, form an integral part of the Word Web’s lexicosemantic functionality. Also new in this implementation are access to a larger amount of linguistic data, a greater variety of search options, the possibility of automated processing, and the ability to conduct research through SPARQL without possessing a mastery of Icelandic.

Keywords

wordweb, lexicosemantic, semantic database, semantic relation, OntoLex, SKOS

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