Analysis of the frame network structure of FrameNet Brazil

• Míria Bóbó UFJF
• Victor Ströele UFJF
• Ely Edison da Silva Matos UFJF
• Regina Braga UFJF
• Fernanda Campos UFJF
• José Maria N. David UFJF
• Tiago Timponi Torrent UFJF

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/brasnam.2018.3575

Abstract

FrameNet Brazil is a computational lexicography project that aims to use frames for the description of the meaning of the word. It generates a network of frames that bind to specific relationships. The process of creating or updating a frame can pass through more than one Linguistic expert at different times, which can generate a change in the network structure that does not reflect the conceptual model of the project. The objective of the work is to make an analysis of the frame network structure of FrameNet Brazil and to identify critical points that may reflect in violations of the constraints of the its conceptual model. The results found were analyzed by a specialist in the field of Linguistics and his considerations indicate that the proposed solution is viable in the analysis of the network of FrameNet Brazil.

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