WordNet Sense Tag Annotation Tool

1. WordNet Sense Tag Annotation Tool Using Python to aid in human annotation of a corpus

2. Overview • Input • Ambiguous word list, sense definitions • { • ‘fish’: • {‘fish_verb’ : [fish.v.01, fish.v.02], ‘fish_animal’ : [fish.n.01], ‘fish_food’ : [fish.n.02]}, • ‘bass’: • {‘bass_music’ : [bass.n.01, bass.n.02, bass.n.03, bass.n.06, bass.s.01], ‘bass_fish’ : [freshwater_bass.n.01, bass.n.08]} • } • Output • Corpus tagged by sense • “…the ability to produce fine deep-sounding bass<<bass_music>> tones while contrasting them simultaneously with…”

3. Details • I: [‘fish’, ‘bass’] • O: fish • Synset(‘fish.n.01’) • any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills • O: bass • Synset(‘bass.n.01’) • the lowest part of the musical range • I: {‘fish’: {‘fish_verb’ : [fish.v.01, fish.v.02], ‘fish_animal’ : [fish.n.01], ‘fish_food’ : [fish.n.02]},‘bass’: {‘bass_music’ : [bass.n.01, bass.n.02, bass.n.03, bass.n.06, bass.s.01], ‘bass_fish’ : [freshwater_bass.n.01, bass.n.08]}}

4. Details • I: Corpus • List of sentences (strings) • O: for each sentence with one of more of the words in question… • text • There true yachtsmen often find November winds steadier , the waters cooler , the fish hungrier , and rivers more pleasant -- less turbulence and mud , and fewer floating logs • Which sense is this usage of the word fish? • 0: fish_verb 1: fish_animal 2: fish_food • I: 1 • (in this case) • O: sentence with tag • There true yachtsmen often find November winds steadier , the waters cooler , the fish/fish_animal/hungrier , and rivers more pleasant -- less turbulence and mud , and fewer floating log • Ultimate Output: Tagged Corpus