PropBank Annotation of Multilingual Light Verb Constructions.

In this paper, we have addressed the task of PropBank annotation of light verb constructions, which like multi-word expressions pose special problems. To arrive at a solution, we have evaluated 3 different possible methods of annotation. The final method involves three passes: (1) manual identification of a light verb construction, (2) annotation based on the light verb construction's Frame File, and (3) a deterministic merging of the first two passes. We also discuss how in various languages the light verb constructions are identified and can be distinguished from the non-light verb word groupings.