Towards Semantic Interoperability: Parallel Corpora as Linked Data Incorporating Named Entity Linking

Ranka Stanković, Milica Ikonić Nešić, Olja Perisic, Mihailo Škorić, Olivera Kitanović


Abstract
The paper presents the results of the research related to the preparation of parallel corpora, focusing on transformation into RDF graphs using NLP Interchange Format (NIF) for linguistic annotation. We give an overview of the parallel corpus that was used in this case study, as well as the process of POS tagging, lemmatization, named entity recognition (NER), and named entity linking (NEL), which is implemented using Wikidata. In the first phase of NEL main characters and places mentioned in novels are stored in Wikidata and in the second phase they are linked with the occurrences of previously annotated entities in text. Next, we describe the named entity linking (NEL), data conversion to RDF, and incorporation of NIF annotations. Produced NIF files were evaluated through the exploration of triplestore using SPARQL queries. Finally, the bridging of Linked Data and Digital Humanities research is discussed, as well as some drawbacks related to the verbosity of transformation. Semantic interoperability concept in the context of linked data and parallel corpora ensures that data exchanged between systems carries shared and well-defined meanings, enabling effective communication and understanding.
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2024.ldl-1.15
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Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Linked Data in Linguistics @ LREC-COLING 2024
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May
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2024
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Torino, Italia
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Christian Chiarcos, Katerina Gkirtzou, Maxim Ionov, Fahad Khan, John P. McCrae, Elena Montiel Ponsoda, Patricia Martín Chozas
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115–125
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Ranka Stanković, Milica Ikonić Nešić, Olja Perisic, Mihailo Škorić, and Olivera Kitanović. 2024. Towards Semantic Interoperability: Parallel Corpora as Linked Data Incorporating Named Entity Linking. In Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Linked Data in Linguistics @ LREC-COLING 2024, pages 115–125, Torino, Italia. ELRA and ICCL.
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