In the model of NLP adopted in a KBMT paradigm, the lexicon becomes the key locus and source of knowledge. Compared to many other computational lexicons, in our approach a substantial amount of information is either directly located in the lexicon, or is indexed or referenced through the lexicon. Figure 5 depicts the lexicon entries for the spanish word ``adquirir''. There are two entries corresponding to the two word-senses we currently identify. Sense 1 maps into an ACQUIRE concept while sense 2 maps into a LEARN concept.
Figure 5:
Lexicon Entries for ``adquirir''.
An entry in the lexicon is comprised of a number of zones, integrating various levels of lexical information, from phonological and morphological to lexical-semantic and pragmatic information. Of particular interest to us here are the SYN-STRUC and SEM zones.
Kavi Mahesh