ArtsSemNet From Bilingual Dictionary to Bilingual Semantic Network.pdf

ArtsSemNet: From Bilingual Dictionary to Bilingual Semantic Network Ivanka Atanassova1, Svetlin Nakov2, Preslav Nakov3 (1) University of Veliko Turnovo “St. Cyril and St. Methodius”, V. Turnovo, Bulgaria (2) Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, FMI, Sofia, Bulgaria (3) University of California at Berkeley, EECS, Berkeley CA 94720, USA (1)ivanka49@mail.bg, (2)nakov@, (3)nakov@ Abstract: The paper presents two bilingual lexicographical resources for the terminology of fine arts: the ArtsDict elec- tronic dictionary and the ArtsSemNet semantic network, and describes the process of transformation of the former into the latter. ArtsDict combines a broad range of information sour- ces and is currently the most complete dictionary of fine arts terminology for both Bulgarian and Russian: not only elec- tronic, but also in general. It contains 2,900 Bulgarian and 2,644 Russian terms, each annotated with complete dictiona- ry definitions. These are further augmented with various ter- minological relations (polysemy, synonymy, homonymy, anto- nymy and hyponymy) and organised into a bilingual semantic network similar to WordNet. In addition, a specialised hyper- text browser is implemented in order to enable intuitive query and navigation through the network. Keywords: semantic network, terminology, polysemy, homo- nymy, hyponymy, antonymy, synonymy. 1. Introduction The contemporary dictionary development has been de- eply affected by the wide spread of personal computers. Nowadays, a fast growing number of users already for- got the annoying lookups in huge paper-based dictiona- ries and started using their computer equivalents. Altho- ugh the first computer dictionaries were often worse than the traditional ones their potential was out of ques- tion. As early as in 1992 the creators of the Oxford Eng- lish Dictionary [OED] invested $13.5 millions in a five years project to enable the development of an electronic version. It soon became clear t