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We apply the idea of using verbal valence for differentiating between verb meanings, by implementing it in a program. We use the ETCBC linguistic text database of the Hebrew Bible as source. The results show up next to the Hebrew text on the website SHEBANQ as in-line annotations.
Janet Dyk and Dirk Roorda ... more
The basic idea is simple, but there are a number of pitfalls in the implementation of it ... more
See a few articles that contain a fuller exposition of the ideas behind the flowcharts ... more
Everything that is needed to reproduce the results is available as open source software and as open data ... more
Our program analyses the context of each verb occurrence. The result of the analysis is a sense label, which codes the number and nature of the constituents found in the context. ... more
For some verbs we have concrete flowcharts, mapping the sense labels to meanings. See the side bar for a list of verbs with a flowchart.
We deliver the results of our efforts as new data, in several formats. We show them on a website, and we make them available for offline usage. ... more