BabelNet - A Next Generation Dictionary & Language Research Tool
This is a guest post by Roberto Navigli of BabelNet, a relatively new "big language data" initiative that is currently a lexical-semantic research and analysis tool, that can do disambiguation and has been characterized by several experts as a next-generation dictionary. It is a tool where "concepts" are linked to the words used to express them. BabelNet can also function as a semantics-savvy, disambiguation capable MT tool. The use possibilities are still being explored and could expand as grammar related big data is linked to this foundation. As Roberto says:"We are using the income from our current customers to enrich BabelNet with new lexical-semantic coverage, including translations and definitions. In terms of algorithms, the next step is multilingual semantic parsing, which means moving from associating meanings with words or multiword expressions to associating meanings with entire sentences in arbitrary languages. This new step is currently funded by t...