ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 24617-4 First edition 2014-08-01 Language resource management Semantic annotation framework (SemAF) Part 4: Semantic roles (SemAF-SR) Gestion de ressources linguistiques - Cadre d'annotation sémantique (SemAF) - Partie 4: Roles sémantiques (SemAF-SR) Reference number IS0 24617-4:2014(E) LSO @ IS0 2014 I without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 24617-4:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 24617-4:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Terms and definitions ..1 2.1 Formal semantic units .1 2.2 Conceptual semantic units and relations. .2 2.3 General linguistic units .3 3 Abbreviated terms .4 4 Purpose and justification ..4 5 The nature of semantic roles .4 5.1 General ..4 5.2 Typical examples of semantic roles ..6 6 Metamodel .7 6.1 Keyconcepts .1 6.2 Introductiontoametamodelforsemanticroleannotation .11 6.3 Criteria for distinguishing semantic roles 12 6.4 Defining eventuality frames. .13 Interactions .14 7.1 Semantic roles and semantic types .14 7.2 Complexities ..14 7.3 The role of context in semantic role assignment ..14 7.4 Fuzzy boundaries between roles.. 15 7.5 Multiple classification .15 7.6 Inheritance relations between semantic roles 15 8 Guidelines for developing new semantic role frameworks for languages and/ ordomains .16 8.1 General .16 8.2 Mapping from VerbNet to LIRICS ..17 Annex A (informative) Specification of IsO semantic roles .19 Annex B (informative) Review of existing frameworks .28 Annex C (informative) Specification of the annotation language ..37 Bibliography .41 iii se with IS Not for Resale