lexicalization count

Hi all,

 

Just copied and pasted from our Ontolex-Lime proposal , an open discussion
about the lexicalizations count (which is not about them be ratios or
integers :P ).

 


6. Lexicalization core triples: senses or what?


 

Senses act as reifications of the relationships between LexicalEntries and
Conceptual Entities (be them LexicalConcepts or entities of the lexicalized
ontology). In effect, a single sense is always 1-1 (it links a single
Lexical Entry with a single Conceptual Entity)

The ontolex model has a shortcut for the relationship (mediated by senses)
between LexicalEntries and LexicalConcept: ontolex:denotes.

 

We would propose to formally consider the number of "denotes triples"
(triples with predicate == ontolex:denotes) to obtain the count. Obviously,
this information may not always be available (not explicit nor inferred),
though the detail of how to obtain this are just technicalities.

 

[added wrt the proposal] So, in shorter words, we propose to formally count
"lexicalizations" as the number of ontoresource <--> lexicalEntry links, and
not as the number of (linked) senses.

 

To support our claim, please note the following case:

1.       a lexicon exists (independently of an ontology), with sense
descriptions for its lexical entries, and with one lexical entry having two
very close senses (two smooth variations of a broad meaning)

2.       the lexicon is used to lexicalize an ontology

3.       the authors of the Lexicalization decide to collapse the two senses
into the same ontology concept

4.       the two triples connecting the two similar senses to the same
ontology concept entail the same ontolex:denotes triple

5.       to the purpose of counting the lexicalizations of that lexical
concept, the single triple count on ontolex:denotes is more appropriate than
counting the two senses of a same LexicalEntry linked to the same concept.

 

Would that be ok?

 

Cheers,

 

Armando