WordNet Domains Labels
Wordnet Domains contains 200 domains labels organized in a hierarchical structure
(the WordNet Domains Hierarchy).
Each synset of Wordnet 2.0 was labeled with one or more labels, using a methodology
which combines manual and automatic assignments.
The label FACTOTUM was assigned in case all other lables could not be assigned. Issues
concerning the "semantics", the "completeness", the "balancing"
among each domain coverage, and the "granularity" of domain distinctions,
have been addressed with reference to the Dewey
Decimal Classification.
Example: Bank
Sense Number |
Synset (Gloss) |
Domains |
1 |
depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company (a
financial institution ...) |
Economy |
2 |
bank (sloping land ...) |
Geography, Geology |
3 |
bank (a supply or stock held in reserve...) |
Economy |
4 |
bank, bank building (a building...) |
Architecture, Economy |
5 |
bank (an arrangement of similar objects...) |
Factotum |
6 |
savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank (a container...) |
Economy |
7 |
bank (a long ridge or pile...) |
Geography, Geology |
8 |
bank (the funds held by a gambling house...) |
Economy, Play |
9 |
bank, cant, camber (a slope in the turn of a road...) |
Architecture |
10 |
bank (a flight maneuver...) |
Transport |
Sample of the Domain hierarchy
doctrines
--> archaeology
--> astrology
--> history
--> linguistics
--> literature
--> philosophy
--> psychology
--> art
--> religion
art
--> dance
--> drawing
--> music
--> photography
--> plastic_arts
--> theatre
See the complete hierarchy.
References
- Luisa Bentivogli, Pamela Forner, Bernardo Magnini and Emanuele Pianta.
"Revising WordNet Domains Hierarchy:
Semantics, Coverage, and Balancing",
in COLING 2004 Workshop on "Multilingual Linguistic Resources",
Geneva, Switzerland, August 28, 2004, pp. 101-108.
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