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language resources and technology infrastructure concept > operation > support operation > word sense disambiguation

Preferred term

word sense disambiguation  

Definition

  • the task/process of identifying which sense of a word with multiple meanings is used in a particular context; the selection of the sense is made from a list of the word's senses

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Entry terms

  • WSD

Note

  • Word Sense Disambiguation is a subtask of semantic tagging, which consists of assigning a semantic class (sense) to a lexical item as specified by a semantic lexicon. If the semantic lexicon specifies more than one sense for a particular lexical item, a disambiguation procedure is needed to decide upon the most appropriate sense(s) for any given instance of the lexical item in text. WSD is not a self-contained application, but it may be included as an integrated part of a semantic processor.

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http://w3id.org/clarin_el_dictionary/wordSenseDisambiguation

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