Lexical Discovery with an Enriched Semantic Network

The study of lexical semantics has produced a systematic analysis of binary relationships between content words that has greatly benefited lexical search tools and natural language processing algorithms. We first introduce a database system called FreeNet that facilitates the description and exploration of finite binary relations. We then describe the design and implementation of Lexical FreeNet, a semantic network that mixes WordNet-derived semantic relations with data-derived and phonetically-derived relations. We discuss how Lexical FreeNet has aided in lexical discovery, the pursuit of linguistic and factual knowledge by the computer-aided exploration of lexical relations. 1 Motivation This paper discusses Lexical FreeNet, a database system designed to enhance lexical discovery. By this we mean the pursuit of linguistic and factual knowledge with the computer-aided exploration of lexical relations. Lexical FreeNet is a semantic network that leverages WordNet and other knowledge a..