Genus (proximum) and the corresponding SSKJ2 dictionary senses
Authors: Andrej Perdih, Aleksandra Bizjak Končar, Duša Divjak Race, Dejan Gabrovšek, Janoš Ježovnik, Domen Krvina, Nina Ledinek, Mija Michelizza, Tanja Mirtič, Špela Petric Žižić, Miha Sušnik, Mitja Trojar
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/11356/2254
Publication date: 2026-06-22
Version: 1.0
License: CC BY 4.0
ZRC SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša

### ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The dataset was produced within the PoVeJMo research program (Adaptive Natural Language Processing with Large Language Models; Prilagodljiva obdelava naravnega jezika s pomočjo velikih jezikovnih modelov) funded within the Recovery and Resilience Plan (NOO; Načrt za okrevanje in odpornost) by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) and NextGenerationEU.

### GENERAL INFORMATION
The datasets contain sense–genus combinations from the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language, 2nd Edition (Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika, druga, dopolnjena in deloma prenovljena izdaja, https://www.fran.si/133/sskj2-slovar-slovenskega-knjiznega-jezika-2). Genus is defined as a word denoting a broad, general category or superordinate class to which a defined word belongs. In the current version, 48,028 noun senses with 3,985 genera are included. Genera were attributed automatically and manually curated.
The first dataset (SSKJ2_headword_genus.xml) is focused on senses. Each dictionary sense contains the following information: headword or subheadword, entry ID, sense ID and one or more genera.
The second dataset (SSKJ2_genusGroups.xml) is focused on genera. One or more dictionary senses are attributed to each genus; for each dictionary sense, the following information are provided: headword or subheadword, entry ID and sense ID. No distinction between genera has been made with regard to homographs and homonyms.
For both XML files, the corresponding XML schemas are provided.
In rare cases, adjectival headwords are included, when the sense pertains to a multi-word unit containing an adjective and a substantive. Similarly, some noun senses are excluded, if they pertain to non-nominal phrases or are defined only by synonyms.
In the current version, words such as vsak, vsaka, vsako, and del, which form syntactic heads, are treated as genera. All genera are single-word units, even in cases where multi-word units would be expected.

### STRUCTURE
The structure is described in the corresponding XML schemata SSKJ2_genusGroups.xsd and SSKJ2_sense_genus.xsd.
