Qualitative Enhancement of Konkani WordNet through Phonetic Transcription and Concept Image Integration

ACL ARR 2025 July Submission547 Authors

Abstract: Konkani WordNet (also known as Konkani Shabdamalem) was developed as part of the Indradhanush WordNet Project Consortium between August 2010 and October 2013. As of now, the Konkani WordNet includes approximately 32,370 synsets and 37,719 unique words. There is a need to enhance the resource both quantitatively and qualitatively. In this paper, we describe the addition of concept images and phonetic representations to each synset in the Konkani WordNet. Our work has produced an enriched version of the WordNet, which facilitates a better understanding of Konkani concepts. This feature is accessible via the project website. The same approach can be applied to enhance other regional language WordNets.

Paper Type: Short

Research Area: Resources and Evaluation

Research Area Keywords: Konkani Wordnet, NLP, Concept Image, Phonetics, Pronunciation

Contribution Types: Data resources

Languages Studied: Konkani

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A1 Limitations Section: This paper has a limitations section.

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B Use Or Create Scientific Artifacts: Yes

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B1 Elaboration: Yes, we have cited the dataset used, API calls used for the project in the section 3 i.e. Methodology.

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C Computational Experiments: No

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D Human Subjects Including Annotators: No

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E1 Elaboration: We have only used Ai Assistants for sentence framing and grammar correction.

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Submission Number: 547