International Technology Alliance In Network & Information Sciences International Technology Alliance In Network & Information Sciences Semiotics and NLP v1 David Mott (ETS, IBM UK) November 2011

[2] Semiotic Triangle Thought SymbolReferent refers to stands for symbolises (evokes) Ogden, C. K. and I. A. Richards, I. A. (1923). The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language Upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

[3] Meanings meaning concept entity conceptrelation concept synset word sense the concept M means the same as the synset M1. (and vice versa) the word sense WS adds meaning to the synset S. wordnet synsetita synset

[4] Symbols symbol syntactic element wordphrase icon ???... image??

[5] Our semiotic triangle concept symbol thing conceptualises stands for expresses the symbol S expresses the meaning M

[6] Triangle with Wordnet concept word thing characterises stands for adds meaning to word sense synset means the same as expresses noun phrase as head/ modifier

[7] Process to allow analyst to define word expressions Analyst Helper Conceptual Model wordnetitanet Entity Extract Stanford parser Document the concept C has the same meaning as the synset S. the noun phrase NP has the word W as head/modifier and stands for the thing T. the thing T is categorised as the concept C.

[8] Rationale for entity extraction the concept C has the same meaning as the synset S. the noun phrase NP has the word W as head/modifier the word sense WS adds meaning to the wordnet synset S. the thing T is categorised as the concept C the noun phrase NP stands for the thing T. the word W expresses the concept C. the word W expresses the word sense WS Stanford Parser wordnet Document Entity Extractor the word sense WS adds meaning to the ita synset S. the word W expresses the word sense WS Analyst Helper Wordnet Inference there is an ita synset named S. (General Semantics)

[9] Asking the Analyst for meaning concept word thing characterises stands for adds meaning to word sense wordnet synset means the same as expresses noun phrase as head/ modifier ita synset for each concept, choose one synset if none, create a new ita synset expresses

[10] Stanford Parser concept word thing characterises stands for adds meaning to word sense synset means the same as expresses noun phrase as head/ modifier