Arabic WordNet: New Content and New Applications

The Arabic WordNet project has provided the Arabic Natural Language Processing (NLP) community with the first WordNet-compliant resource.It allowed new possibilities in terms of building sophisticated NLP applications related to this Semitic language.In this paper, we present the new content added to this resource, using semi-automatic techniques, and validated by Arabic native-speaker lexicographers.We also present how this content helps in the implementation of new Arabic NLP applications, especially for Question Answering (QA) systems.The obtained results show the contribution of the added content.The resource, fully transformed into the standard Lexical Markup Framework (LMF), is made available for the community.