The SIMPLE Template

 

 

SemU:

Identifier of a SemU

SynU:

Identifier of the SynU to which the SemU is linked

BC Number:

Number of the corresponding Base Concept in EuroWordNet

Template_Type:

Semantic type of the SemU

Template_Supertype:

Semantic type which dominates the Template_Type of the SemU in the type-hierarchy

Unification_path:

Unification history of a template (for unified top-types)

Domain:

Domain information

Semantic Class:

Semantic Class value

Gloss:

Lexicographic definition

Event Type:

Event Sort (only for verbs)

Predicative Representation:

Predicate associated with the SemU, and its argument structure (only for predicative SemUs)

Selectional Restr.:

Selectional restrictions on the arguments

Derivation:

Derivational relations between SemUs

Formal:

Formal relation between SemUs

Agentive:

Agentive relations between SemUs

Constitutive:

  • Constitutive relations between SemUs

  • Constitutive semantic features

Telic:

Telic relations between SemUs

Synonymy:

Synonyms of the SemU

Collocates:

Collocation information

Complex:

Polysemous class of the SemU

 

 

Example:

Template for Perception events

Verb Examples:

hear, smell, etc.

Noun Examples: look, etc.

 

Linguistic Tests:

 

Levin Class:

30.1 (See verb, e.g. detect, see, notice), 30.4 (Stimulus subject, e.g. look, smell)

Comments:

Under this template we include both volitional (e.g. look) and non-volitional (e.g. see) events. The difference is expressed as a constitutive feature.

SemU:

1

SynU:

 

BC Number:

105

Template_Type:

[Perception]

Template_Supertype:

[Psychological_event]

Domain:

General

Semantic Class:

Perception

Gloss:

//free//

Event type:

process

Pred _Rep.:

Lex_Pred (<arg0>,<arg1>)

Derivation:

<Nil> or //Erli's Code//

Selectional Restr.:

arg0 = Animate arg1:default = [Entity]

Formal:

isa (1,<SemU>:[Perception]>)

Agentive:

<Nil>

Constitutive:

instrument (1, <SemU>:[Body_part])

intentionality ={yes,no} //optional//

Telic:

<Nil>

Collocates:

Collocates (<SemU1>,...<SemUn>)

Complex:

<Nil>