Paraphrasing of Japanese light-verb constructions based on lexical conceptual structure

Authors:
Atsushi Fujita;Kentaro Furihata;Kentaro Inui;Yuji Matsumoto;Koichi Takeuchi
Affiliations:
Nara Institute of Science and Technology;Nara Institute of Science and Technology;Nara Institute of Science and Technology;Nara Institute of Science and Technology;Okayama University
Venue:
MWE '04 Proceedings of the Workshop on Multiword Expressions: Integrating Processing
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Some particular classes of lexical paraphrases such as verb alteration and compound noun decomposition can be handled by a handful of general rules and lexical semantic knowledge. In this paper, we attempt to capture the regularity underlying these classes of paraphrases, focusing on the paraphrasing of Japanese light-verb constructions (LVCs). We propose a paraphrasing model for LVCs that is based on transforming the Lexical Conceptual Structures (LCSs) of verbal elements. We also propose a refinement of an existing LCS dictionary. Experimental results show that our LCS-based paraphrasing model characterizes some of the semantic features of those verbs required for generating paraphrases, such as the direction of an action and the relationship between arguments and surface cases.