The Icelandic Word Web: A language technology-focused redesign of a lexicosemantic database

Hjalti Daníelsson, Jón Hilmar Jónsson, Þórður Arnar Árnason, Alec Shaw, Einar Freyr Sigurðsson, Steinþór Steingrímsson


Abstract
The new Icelandic Word Web (IW) is a language technology focused redesign of a lexicosemantic database of semantically related entries. The IW’s entities, relations, metadata and categorization scheme have all been implemented from scratch in two systems, OntoLex and SKOS. After certain adjustments were made to OntoLex and SKOS interoperability, it was also possible to implement specific IW features that, while potentially nonstandard, form an integral part of the Word Web’s lexicosemantic functionality. Also new in this implementation are access to a larger amount of linguistic data, a greater variety of search options, the possibility of automated processing, and the ability to conduct research through SPARQL without possessing a mastery of Icelandic.
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2021.nodalida-main.48
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Proceedings of the 23rd Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa)
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May 31--2 June
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2021
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Reykjavik, Iceland (Online)
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Simon Dobnik, Lilja Øvrelid
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NoDaLiDa
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Linköping University Electronic Press, Sweden
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429–434
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Hjalti Daníelsson, Jón Hilmar Jónsson, Þórður Arnar Árnason, Alec Shaw, Einar Freyr Sigurðsson, and Steinþór Steingrímsson. 2021. The Icelandic Word Web: A language technology-focused redesign of a lexicosemantic database. In Proceedings of the 23rd Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa), pages 429–434, Reykjavik, Iceland (Online). Linköping University Electronic Press, Sweden.
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The Icelandic Word Web: A language technology-focused redesign of a lexicosemantic database (Daníelsson et al., NoDaLiDa 2021)
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