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International Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics

CICLing 2001: Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing pp 169–181Cite as

Interpretation of Compound Nominals Using WordNet

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We describe an approach to interpreting noun-noun compounds within a question answering system. The system’s lexicon, based on WordNet, provides the basis for heuristics that group noun-noun compounds with seman- tically similar words. The semantic relationship between the nouns in a com- pound is determined by the choice of heuristic for the compound. We discuss procedures for selecting one heuristic in cases where several can apply to a compound, the effects of lexical ambiguity, and some initial results of our methods.

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  1. AnswerLogic, Inc, 1111 19 th St. NW, suite 600, 20036, Washington, DC, USA

    Leslie Barrett & Anthony R. Davis

  2. Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA

    Bonnie J. Dorr

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  1. CIC (Centro de Investigación en Computatción IPN (Instituto Politécnico Nacional), Av. Juan Dios Bátiz s/n esq. M. Othon Mendizabal Col. Nuevo Vallejo, CP. 07738, México, Mexico

    Alexander Gelbukh (Unidad Profecional “Adolfo López Mateos”) (Unidad Profecional “Adolfo López Mateos”)

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Barrett, L., Davis, A.R., Dorr, B.J. (2001). Interpretation of Compound Nominals Using WordNet. In: Gelbukh, A. (eds) Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing. CICLing 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2004. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44686-9_17

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