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Lesk algorithm

The Lesk algorithm is a classical algorithm for word sense disambiguation introduced by Michael E. Lesk in 1986. It operates on the premise that words within a given context are likely to share a common meaning. This algorithm compares the dictionary definitions of an ambiguous word with the words in its surrounding context to determine the most…

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Lesk algorithm

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Edges8
Triples26
Avg. degree1.78
Density0.222222
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Lesk algorithm → Adapted/Extended Lesk, Adding, Banerjee, Concatenating, Cosine, Gloss, In, Lesk, Original Lesk, Pederson, Relatedness, The, There, WordNet
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Lesk algorithm → By, In Simplified Lesk, Lesk, Rather, Senseval-2 English, Vasilescu
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Lesk algorithm → classical algorithm for word sense disambiguation introduced by Michael E

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algorithm lesk words word sense context simplified dictionary wordnet definitions definition vector given glosses et al original disambiguation common meaning

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Lesk algorithmis aclassical algorithm for word sense disambiguation introduced by Michael E0.90text
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsOriginal Lesk0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsLesk0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsAdapted/Extended Lesk0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsBanerjee0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsPederson0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsIn0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsConcatenating0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsWordNet0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsThe0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsAdding0.60section
Lesk algorithmrelated to Lesk variantsGloss0.60section

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