The role of domain information in Word Sense Disambiguation

  • Authors:
  • Bernardo Magnini;Carlo Strapparava;Giovanni Pezzulo;Alfio Gliozzo

  • Affiliations:
  • ITC-irst, Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, I-38050 Trento, Italy e-mail: magnini@itc.it, strappa@itc.it, pezzulo@itc.it, gliozzo@itc.it;ITC-irst, Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, I-38050 Trento, Italy e-mail: magnini@itc.it, strappa@itc.it, pezzulo@itc.it, gliozzo@itc.it;ITC-irst, Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, I-38050 Trento, Italy e-mail: magnini@itc.it, strappa@itc.it, pezzulo@itc.it, gliozzo@itc.it;ITC-irst, Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, I-38050 Trento, Italy e-mail: magnini@itc.it, strappa@itc.it, pezzulo@itc.it, gliozzo@itc.it

  • Venue:
  • Natural Language Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

This paper explores the role of domain information in word sense disambiguation. The underlying hypothesis is that domain labels, such as MEDICINE, ARCHITECTURE and SPORT, provide a useful way to establish semantic relations among word senses, which can be profitably used during the disambiguation process. Results obtained at the SENSEVAL-2 initiative confirm that for a significant subset of words domain information can be used to disambiguate with a very high level of precision.