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Verb Semantics and Lexical Selection

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arxiv cmp-lg/9406033 v3 pith:NN7JVF7Y submitted 1994-06-22 cmp-lg cs.CL

Zhibiao Wu (National University of Singapore) , Martha Palmer (University of Pennsylvania) This is my paper · ORCID
classification cmp-lgcs.CL
keywords selectionlexicalrepresentationrestrictionsschemesystemsverbverbs
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This paper will focus on the semantic representation of verbs in computer systems and its impact on lexical selection problems in machine translation (MT). Two groups of English and Chinese verbs are examined to show that lexical selection must be based on interpretation of the sentence as well as selection restrictions placed on the verb arguments. A novel representation scheme is suggested, and is compared to representations with selection restrictions used in transfer-based MT. We see our approach as closely aligned with knowledge-based MT approaches (KBMT), and as a separate component that could be incorporated into existing systems. Examples and experimental results will show that, using this scheme, inexact matches can achieve correct lexical selection.

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