A database of German definitory contexts from selected web sources

Abstract

We introduce work on the detection of definitory contexts designed to speed up two lexicographical tasks: searching for the exact meaning(s) of terms and providing usable input for paraphrasing. Our database is built from a specialized web corpus using a robust pattern-based extraction method. The corresponding interface displays information for a large range of lexical units. The contributions of this article are threefold: we describe both acquisition and extraction, provide a qualitative assessment of the method, and present an interface to access the data.

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