Lexical Semantics of Adjectives - CiteSeerX

((1 2) (cost-attribute
(domain (value ^$var1)
(sem commodity))
(range (sem > 0.75))))))))
(58) (plentiful
(plentiful-Adj2
(CAT adj)
(SYN-STRUC
(1 ((root $var1)
(cat n)
(mods ((root $var0)))))
(2 ((root $var0)
(cat adj)
(subj ((root $var1)
(cat n))))))
(SEM-STRUC
(LEX-MAP
((1 2) (quantity-attribute
(domain (value ^$var1)
(sem commodity)))
(range (sem > 0.75))))))))
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Most numerical scalars allow for absolute and relative values, as illustrated for the scale of age using
the senses of the adjective old.
(59) (i) (old
(ii) (old
(old-Adj1 (CAT adj)
(SYN-STRUC
(1 ((root $var1)
(cat n)
(mods ((root $var0)))))
(2 ((root $var0)
(cat adj)
(subj ((root $var1)
(cat n))))))
(SEM-STRUC
(LEX-MAP
((1 2) (age-attribute
(domain (value ^$var1)
(sem human))
(range (value (> 0.75)))))))))
(old-Adj1 (CAT adj)
(SYN-STRUC
(1 ((root $var1)
(cat n)
(mods ((root $var0)))))
(2 ((root $var0)
(cat adj)
(subj ((root $var1)
(cat n))))))
(SEM-STRUC
(LEX-MAP
((1 2) (age-attribute
(domain (value ^$var1)
(sem human))
(range (value (> 60))))))))) ;by convention,
;in years
Adjectives of the literal scale class are interpreted using sets of literal values for ontological properties
which are relevant to the meanings of nouns these adjectives modify, such as COLOR or
SHAPE. The COLOR scale currently has just 11 values, and each of these has an entry like (60). An
alternative analysis of this class using a continuous scale (see the discussion of grain-size in Section
4), would be to define each color in terms of three ranges, one each for hue, saturation, and
value, with each range determined by two numbers standing for the lower and upper bounds of the