sensefrom
Sensefrom is a term used in lexical semantics to denote a contextual cue that determines the intended sense of a polysemous word from among its possible senses. It captures the idea that sense activation is directed by contextual information rather than being uniform across all occurrences.
Origin and scope: Sensefrom has appeared in discussions of context-driven disambiguation in the late 2010s and
Definition: In formal terms, sensefrom(W, S, C) holds if, in context C, the sense S is the
Illustrative example: In "She swung the bat during the game," sensefrom would favor the sports equipment sense
Applications and relation to other concepts: Sensefrom can be used to annotate lexical resources, inform word
Limitations: The reliability of sensefrom depends on the quality and specificity of available context and the
See also: Word sense disambiguation, polysemy, semantic context, lexical semantics.