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for Enriching WordNets with Metaphor Information (2)

Introduction: Examples from our database

In this discourse, Periods of Time (past) and Objects (cash desk, folder) are referred to as "dark" or "black". In the events in the real world, however, no colours can be identified. A "dark past" is a bad past. A "black cash desk" or a "black folder" is a bad business, an illegal business (here: bank account for undeclared donations to a political party.)

  These distinctions matter for various applications.


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