Enhancing Word Embeddings with Knowledge Extracted from Lexical Resources (2020.acl-srw)
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| Challenge: | In this paper, we present an effective method for semantic specialization of word vector representations. |
| Approach: | They propose a method for semantic specialization of word vector representations using BabelNet. |
| Outcome: | The proposed method improves on word similarity and dialog state tracking tasks. |
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