Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology
In this paper, we present a solution to the problem of generating both Japanese and Korean numeral classifiers using semantic classes from an ontology. Most nouns must use a numeral classifier when they are quantified in languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mala...
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| author | Paik, Kyonghee. Bond, Francis. |
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| description | In this paper, we present a solution to the problem of generating both Japanese and Korean
numeral classifiers using semantic classes from an ontology. Most nouns must use a numeral
classifier when they are quantified in languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malay and
Thai. In order to select an appropriate classifier, we propose an algorithm which associates
classifiers with semantic classes and uses inheritance to list only exceptional classifiers with
individual nouns. The algorithm generates sortal classifiers with an accuracy of 81%. We reuse
the ontology provided by Goi-Taikei — a Japanese lexicon, and show that it is a reasonable
choice for this task, requiring information to be entered for less than 6% of individual nouns. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/937062019-12-06T18:43:57Z Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology Paik, Kyonghee. Bond, Francis. School of Humanities and Social Sciences International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (19th : 2001 : Seoul, Korea) DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Computational linguistics In this paper, we present a solution to the problem of generating both Japanese and Korean numeral classifiers using semantic classes from an ontology. Most nouns must use a numeral classifier when they are quantified in languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malay and Thai. In order to select an appropriate classifier, we propose an algorithm which associates classifiers with semantic classes and uses inheritance to list only exceptional classifiers with individual nouns. The algorithm generates sortal classifiers with an accuracy of 81%. We reuse the ontology provided by Goi-Taikei — a Japanese lexicon, and show that it is a reasonable choice for this task, requiring information to be entered for less than 6% of individual nouns. Accepted version 2011-10-17T00:55:55Z 2019-12-06T18:43:57Z 2011-10-17T00:55:55Z 2019-12-06T18:43:57Z 2001 2001 Conference Paper Paik, K., & Bond, F. (2001). Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology. 19th International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages, pp.141-147. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93706 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7271 155588 en © 2001 19th International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. 7 p. |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Computational linguistics Paik, Kyonghee. Bond, Francis. Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology |
| title | Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology |
| title_full | Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology |
| title_fullStr | Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology |
| title_short | Multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology |
| title_sort | multilingual generation of numeral classifiers using a common ontology |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Computational linguistics |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93706 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7271 |
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