Detecting semantic relations in texts and their integration with external data resources

We present a strategy to automate the extraction of semantic relations from texts. Both machine learning and rule-based techniques are investigated and the impact of different linguistic knowledge is analyzed for the various approaches. To implement the extraction system RExtractor, several natural language processing tools have been improved: from sentence splitting and tokenization modules to dependency syntax parsers. Furthermore, we created the Czech Legal Text Treebank with several layers of linguistic annotation, which is used to train and test each stage of the proposed system. As a result of the performed work, new Semantic Web resources and tools are available for automatic processing of texts