[Lexicog] Ambiguous definitions

[Danko.Sipka]

At the following URL:

http://cli.la.asu.edu/dict.htm

You can find a WordNet-based script which can be used to detect ambiguous
definitions.
You can export your L1 keywords along with their English definitions
separated by either tabs, or by forward slashes, or by Unix pipes and paste
them into the textbox bellow. If you have concerns about divulging your
dictionary text, you can use the index numbers from your database instead of
L1 keywords. You can have more than one definition in the same line.
Everything in front of the first separator will be treated as the L1
keyword. The script will return your list with all ambiguous definitions
marked with an exclamation point and with the list of different meanings
your ambiguous definitions has attached at the end of each definition. You
can then import the field with the comments (the part after the /=>
sequence) into your database and correct the definitions where you find
correcting appropriate.

Thus, if you enter the following:

kafana/bar
preparator/taxidermist
kola/car


i.e., two ambiguous definitions (the first and the third) and one
unambiguous (the second),

The following will be returned -- you can save it and correct your
definitions
! kavana/bar/=> |bar|(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom
where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried; "spectators were not
allowed past the bar"|(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million
dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for
one dyne per square centimeter"|a counter where you can obtain food or
drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"|a heating element in an
electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"|a horizontal rod that
serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises|a rigid piece of
metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there
were bars in the windows to prevent escape"|a submerged (or partly
submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a
submerged bar in the river"|an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top
of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"|prevent from
entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"|secure with,
or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"

preparator/taxidermist

! kola/car/=> |car|4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal
combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"|a wheeled vehicle adapted
to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails"|car suspended
from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant|where
passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor"

Best,



Danko Sipka
Research Associate Professor and Acting Director
Critical Languages Institute (http://www.asu.edu/cli)
Arizona State University
Danko.Sipka at asu.edu
http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka






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