Each line in section <WNPosMap> defines a mapping rule, with
the format FreeLing-PoS WN-PoS search-key, where
FreeLing-PoS is a prefix for a FreeLing PoS tag,
WN-Pos must be one of n, a, r, or v,
and search-key defines what should be used as a lemma to
search the word in WN files.
The given search-key may be one of L, F, or a
FreeLing PoS tag. If L (F) is given, the word lemma
(form) will be searched in WN to find candidate senses. If a
FreeLing PoS tag is given, the form for that lemma with the given
tag will be used.
Example 1: For English, we could have a mapping like:
<WNposMap>
N n L
J a L
R r L
V v L
VBG a F
</WNposMap>
which states that for words with FreeLing tags starting with N, J, R, and V, lemma will be searched in
wordnet with PoS n, a, r, and v
respectively. It also states that words with tag VBG
(e.g. boring) must be searched as adjectives (a) using
their form (that is, boring instead of lemma bore).
This may be useful, for instance, if FreeLing English dictionary
assigns to that form a gerund analysis (bore VBG) but not an
adjective one.
Example 2: A similar example for Spanish, could be:
<WNposMap>
N n L
A a L
R r L
V v L
VMP a VMP00SM
</WNposMap>
which states that for words with FreeLing tags starting with N, A, R, and V, lemma will be searched in
wordnet with PoS n, a, r, and v
respectively. It also states that words with tag starting with
VMP (e.g. cansadas) must be searched as adjectives
(a) using the form for the same lema (i.e. cansar) that
matches the tag VMP00SM (resulting in cansado). This
is useful to have participles searched as adjectives, since
FreeLing Spanish dictionary doesn't contain any participle as adjective,
but esWN does.
Lluís Padró 2013-09-09