Broaden Your Horizon! Play with Semantics via a Knowledge Graph-Based Approach

Pasquale Esposito, Crescenzo Mazzone, Maria Pellegrino, Vittorio Scarano

2024

Abstract

(Lexical) semantics is the study of the meaning of words by looking at either the word itself or exploring its neighborhood. Hence, lexicons, synonyms, and analogies can be easily represented as semantic networks, also known as knowledge graphs, to represent words and their connections. While knowledge graphs can be perceived as a natural and intuitive representation for modeling and exploring words, directly accessing them via standard query languages, such as SPARQL, is cumbersome, mainly for lay users. This article explores the possibility of “playing with semantics” via a knowledge graph-based approach to let end-users explore lexical-semantic relations without explicitly formulating SPARQL queries. We evaluated the accuracy and the coverage of users’ expectations by inquiring about 27 Italian native speakers and compared quantitative and qualitative results. According to the performed evaluation, knowledge graphs have the potential to fulfill users’ satisfaction, but multiple source results must be merged to guarantee high coverage and accuracy.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Esposito P., Mazzone C., Pellegrino M. and Scarano V. (2024). Broaden Your Horizon! Play with Semantics via a Knowledge Graph-Based Approach. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-697-2, SciTePress, pages 380-387. DOI: 10.5220/0012620700003693

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu24,
author={Pasquale Esposito and Crescenzo Mazzone and Maria Pellegrino and Vittorio Scarano},
title={Broaden Your Horizon! Play with Semantics via a Knowledge Graph-Based Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU},
year={2024},
pages={380-387},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012620700003693},
isbn={978-989-758-697-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU
TI - Broaden Your Horizon! Play with Semantics via a Knowledge Graph-Based Approach
SN - 978-989-758-697-2
AU - Esposito P.
AU - Mazzone C.
AU - Pellegrino M.
AU - Scarano V.
PY - 2024
SP - 380
EP - 387
DO - 10.5220/0012620700003693
PB - SciTePress