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   WordNet

   WordNet has been used for a number of different purposes in information systems, including word sense disambiguation, information retrieval, automatic text classification, automatic text summarization, and even automatic crossword puzzle generation.
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   eXtended WordNet

   Although it has not been updated since November 2004 (the most recent version is based on WordNet 2.0), it still remains a useful resource. ... Word sense disambiguation
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   Word sense disambiguation

   A publicly available database called WordNet can be used as an automatic source for such defining terms. ... "Using Wikipedia for Automatic Word Sense Disambiguation" (PDF).
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   Upper ontology (information science)

   (WordNet, for instance, is successful and useful precisely because it does not pretend to be a general-purpose upper ontology; rather, it is a tool for semantic / syntactic / linguistic disambiguation, which is richly embedded in the particulars and peculiarities of the English language.)
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   Computational lexicology

   the headword's definitions and their syntax - used as an aid to disambiguation of word in context; ... The WordNet Home Page
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   Question answering

   These techniques might include named-entity recognition, relation detection, coreference resolution, syntactic alternations, word sense disambiguation, logic form transformation, logical inferences (abduction) and commonsense reasoning, temporal or spatial reasoning and so on. These systems will also very often utilize world knowledge that can be found in ontologies such as WordNet, or the Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) to augment the available reasoning resources through semantic connections and definitions.
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   Simpli

   Simpli was an early search engine that offered disambiguation to search terms. ... The early technology was derived heavily from WordNet, which was invented by George A. Miller at Princeton University.
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   Ancient history

   For other uses, see Ancient (disambiguation). ... ↑ WordNet Search - 3.0, "History"
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   Amarantine

   Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection, 2003-2008 Princeton University/Farlex Inc. ... This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
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    Data element definition

    This process is called disambiguation. ... For example the WordNet database documents over 57 different distinct meanings for the word "play" but only a single definition for the term dramatic play.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• WordNet,
• eXtended WordNet,
• Word sense disambiguation,
• Upper ontology (information science),
• Computational lexicology,
• Question answering,
• Simpli,
• Ancient history,
• Amarantine,
• Data element definition