Enriching Dictionaries with Images from the Internet - Targeting Wikipedia and a Japanese Semantic Lexicon: Lexeed -

Enriching Dictionaries with Images from the Internet - Targeting Wikipedia and a Japanese Semantic Lexicon: Lexeed - - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2010, written by Sanae Fujita and Masaaki Nagata.

Overview

Authors propose a simple but effective method for enriching dictionary definitions with images based on image searches. Various query expansion methods using synonyms/hypernyms (or related words) are evaluated. Authors demonstrate that method is effective in obtaining highprecision images that complement dictionary entries, even for words with abstract or multiple meanings.