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This paper describes how the Euro WordNet project established a maximum level of consensus in the interpretation of relations, without loosing the possibility of encoding language-specific lexicalizations. Problematic cases arise due to the fact that each site re-used different resources and because the core vocabulary of the wordnets show complex properties. Many of these cases are discussed with respect to language internal and equivalence relations. Possible solutions are given in the form of additional criteria.
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Vossen, P., Bloksma, L., Alonge, A. et al. Compatibility in Interpretation of Relations in EuroWordNet. Computers and the Humanities 32, 153–184 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001121626948
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