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Semantic Network of Adposition and Case Supersenses: Annotation Guidelines
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literary metaphors #106

Open esmanning opened 4 years ago

esmanning commented 4 years ago

For metaphors in literary texts like The Little Prince, how do we decide how much to take into account the real situation being described vs. the metaphor?

For example:

But the flower was not satisfied to complete the preparations for her beauty in the shelter of HER green chamber. Chapter 8, sent_id = lpp_1943.376

The "green chamber" here is the flower's bud. Really, this is a part of the flower, so Whole\~Gestalt, but within the "chamber" metaphor it looks more like Possessor. Which is the better annotation?

nschneid commented 4 years ago

For these sorts of flowery ;) metaphors I think we usually just annotate the source domain. So Possessor.