发现词典与人类直觉在语义关系上存在系统性偏差。
Misalignment of Semantic Relation Knowledge between WordNet and Human Intuition
- 用模板收集人类对词义关系的直觉反应
- 词典与人类认知在同义和上下位关系上普遍不一致
- 词典中的路径长度无法反映人类对上下位关系的理解
WordNet 是由专家精心构建的语义关系资源，但语言使用者的直觉也是语义关系的重要来源。本文首次系统研究了这两种来源之间的对齐程度。通过模板引导人类参与者作答，分析发现 WordNet 与人类直觉之间普遍存在语义关系认知偏差。进一步分析揭示，同义关系与上下位关系（上位/下位）存在系统性错配，且 WordNet 中的路径长度不能可靠反映人类对上下位关系的判断。该结果有助于更好地利用 WordNet 并推动其改进。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
WordNet provides a carefully constructed repository of semantic relations, created by specialists. But there is another source of information on semantic relations, the intuition of language users. We present the first systematic study of the degree to which these two sources are aligned. Investigating the cases of misalignment could make proper use of WordNet and facilitate its improvement. Our analysis which uses templates to elicit responses from human participants, reveals a general misalignment of semantic relation knowledge between WordNet and human intuition. Further analyses find a systematic pattern of mismatch among synonymy and taxonomic relations~(hypernymy and hyponymy), together with the fact that WordNet path length does not serve as a reliable indicator of human intuition regarding hypernymy or hyponymy relations.
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