Semantic disambiguation in a MT system based on a bilingual dictionary

• Autorzy: Jassem K. , Wagner A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper presents an approach to semantic disambiguation in a transfer MT system based on a bilingual dictionary, i.e. the dictionary built from source-target pairs. The approach assumes building a concept ontology for nouns. The ontological concepts are applied as semantic values in lexical rules for verbs, adjectives and prepositions. A set of "semantic accommodation" rules is developed. The set is consulted during the process of semantic disambiguation that follows syntactical parsing. The approach has been applied in a commercial bi-directional Polish-English MT system called Translatica.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

machine translation; conceptual ontology; semantic hierarchy; semantic disambiguation; WordNet

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 32, No. 1
• Strony: 75--87
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 19 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Jassem K.

autor

Wagner A.

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Umultowska 87, 61-614 Poznań, Poland,

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