Semantic verb classes and lexical conceptual structures for enhancing the conceptual modelling and the access to databases

摘要

In this document, we show how linguistic tools and resources such as organized classes of verbs and their semantic representation contribute to a better database conceptual modelling of a domain. Organized verb semantic classes introduce a higher linguistic and cognitive adequacy and a greater flexibility in the definition of relations and in the overall organization of the conceptual model. They also permit the definition of advanced natural-language front-ends.