We are pleased to announce the relese of a new Perl module that takes advantage of both WordNet::Similarity and ideas found in the SenseRelate disambiguation algorithm. The module is called
WordNet::SenseRelate::WordToSet and can be downloaded from http://search.cpan.org/dist/WordNet-SenseRelate-WordToSet/ This module has a very simple objective - given a word, find out the sense of that word that is most related to a given set of words. There is a command line interface provided, where the first word listed in the target, and the remaining words are the set. So, for example in the case below we are comparing "bank" to the set "money cash checks". The scores shown are the sum of the scores of the most related senses of the words in the set with the given target. (You can see those individual scores by using the --trace option). Any of the measures supported in WordNet::Similarity can be used with wordtoset, although below we only show examples with wup. wordtoset.pl --type WordNet::Similarity::wup bank money cash checks bank#n#8 0.907936507936508 bank#n#6 0.825 bank#n#4 0.825 bank#n#9 0.691666666666667 bank#n#2 0.691666666666667 bank#n#7 0.646493212669683 bank#n#3 0.583333333333333 bank#n#5 0.565079365079365 bank#n#10 0.54078947368421 bank#n#1 0.473484848484848 wordtoset.pl --type WordNet::Similarity::wup bank river beach shore bank#n#9 1.84615384615385 bank#n#2 1.84615384615385 bank#n#7 1.71428571428571 bank#n#6 1.35746606334842 bank#n#4 1.23981900452489 bank#n#8 0.545454545454545 bank#n#5 0.545454545454545 bank#n#1 0.461538461538462 bank#n#3 0.352941176470588 bank#n#10 0.352941176470588 You can see by looking at the sense inventory below that in both cases the most highly rated sense/s are at least reasonable approximations of what we would expect intuitively. Overview of noun bank The noun bank has 10 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (883) depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company -- (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home") 2. (99) bank -- (sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents") 3. (76) bank -- (a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)) 4. (54) bank, bank building -- (a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon") 5. (7) bank -- (an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches") 6. (6) savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank -- (a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty") 7. (3) bank -- (a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth") 8. (1) bank -- (the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo") 9. (1) bank, cant, camber -- (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force) 10. bank -- (a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank") Please let us know if you have any questions or comments! Enjoy, Ted and Jason -- Ted Pedersen http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/i8TXDC/5WnJAA/HwKMAA/x3XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nlpatumd/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
