Semantic relations among adjectives in Polish WordNet 2.0: a new relation set, discussion and evaluation

Abstract

Semantic relations among adjectives in Polish WordNet 2.0: a new relation set, discussion and evaluation Adjectives in wordnets are often neglected: there are many fewer of them than nouns, and relations among them are sometimes not as varied as those among nouns or verbs. Polish WordNet 1.0 was no exception. Version 2.0 aims to correct that. We present an overview of a much larger set of lexical-semantic relations which connect adjectives to the other parts of the network. Our choice of relations has been motivated by linguistic considerations, especially the concerns of the Polish lexical semantics, and by pragmatic reasons. The discussion includes detailed substitution tests, meant to ensure consistency among wordnet editors.

Keywords

• wordnet
• lexico-semantic relations
• derivational relations
• Polish WordNet
• Słowosieć
• adjective