Cornetto
Background
A Combinatoric and Relational Network for Language Technology: the extension of the Dutch wordnet with
combinatoric and referential relations based on usage of words within domains. Cornetto is an
initiative to combine the Dutch wordnet and the Referentie Bestand Nederlands (a Dutch database with
combinatoric information of Dutch word meanings) in a unique resource for Dutch. Cornetto will build a
lexical semantic database for Dutch with rich vertical and horizontal semantic relations and combinatorial
lexical constraints such as multiword expressions, idioms and collocations on the one hand, and lexical
functions and frames on the other. The concepts will be aligned with the English Wordnet so that
ontologies and domain labels can be imported. The semantic layer will be validated with a formal ontology,
to make it usable in Semantic Web environments. Cornetto will cover 40K entries, including the most generic
and central part of the language. The database will go beyond the structure and content of Wordnet and FrameNet.
People
- Irion: Piek Vossen
- KULeuven: Marie-Francine Moens
- UvA:
- Maarten de Rijke
- Erik Tjong Kim Sang
- Vacancy for a part-time research programmer
- VUA: Willy Martin
Starting Date
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