Parallels and contrasts between the ASD-STE Dictionary and the Ontology in FunGramKB

Abstract

In this article we intend to offer the results of comparing and matching basic and terminal

concepts (and their corresponding lexical units) in FunGramKB with Words (and their corresponding

synonyms) in the ASD-STE dictionary and determine whether the way in which

this controlled language has been designed draws similarities with the way in which the

conceptual information of that knowledge base is built. To provide evidence based on authentic

material, we have selected the list of 190 approved verbs in the ASD-STE dictionary: a

collection of units complying with the ASD-STE lexical and syntactic restrictions. These verbs

are used as a representative sample to be compared with 547 verbal concepts stored in the

FunGramKB #EVENT subontology (as basic or terminal concepts). The level of compatibility

between both repositories offers four possibilities of conceptual and/or lexical matching

at varying degrees: i) direct matching, ii) indirect matching, iii) no matching, or iv) missing.

The quantitative results of this analysis may prove that a significant percentage of verbal

Words in the ASD-STE dictionary (more than 50%) are directly or indirectly represented in

FunGramKB, either as concepts or as lexical units associated with other concepts.