Slowal

This page provides the official release of Slowal, a web tool designed for creating valence dictionaries based on the format presented by Filip Skwarski. It describes each lemma through a list of individual frames presented as tables which can be expanded by adding new positions, arguments, series of characteristics and examples showing usage of the frame in Polish language.

Principal developer: Bartłomiej Nitoń <bartek DOT niton AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com>
Main linguistic support: Filip Skwarski
License: 2-clause BSD

Documentation

Instructions for each group of users can be downloaded in the Polish language from the following links:

• Guest Instruction;
  

• Lexicographer Instruction;
  

• Superlexicographer Instruction.
  

Overview of functionalities is presented on the poster from the HLT Days 2012: "A tool for creating a Polish Valence Dictionary".

Installation instructions can be found in the INSTALL file in the main project folder.

Downloads

Tool can be downloaded as package from here.

Working application

Currently there is a working Slowal application at http://chopin.ipipan.waw.pl:8087/slowal/. To obtain a guest account contact Bartłomiej Nitoń.

Related web pages

• http://clip.ipipan.waw.pl/Walenty - official Polish Valence Dictionary (Walenty) web site.