Extending an Event-type Ontology: Adding Verbs and Classes Using Fine-tuned LLMs Suggestions

In this project, we have investigated the use of advanced machine learning methods, specifically fine-tuned large language models, for pre-annotating data for a lexical extension task, namely adding descriptive words (verbs) to an existing (but incomplete, as of yet) ontology of event types. Several research questions have been focused on, from the investigation of a possible heuristics to provide at least hints to annotators which verbs to include and which are outside the current version of the ontology, to the possible use of the automatic scores to help the annotators to be more efficient in finding a threshold for identifying verbs that cannot be assigned to any existing class and therefore they are to be used as seeds for a new class. We have also carefully examined the correlation of the automatic scores with the human annotation. While the correlation turned out to be strong, its influence on the annotation proper is modest due to its near linearity, even though the mere fact of such pre-annotation leads to relatively short annotation times.Comment: Accepted to LAW-XVII @ ACL 202

Using Parallel Texts and Lexicons for Verbal Word Sense Disambiguation

We present a system for verbal Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) that is able to exploit additional information from parallel texts and lexicons. It is an extension of our previous WSD method, which gave promising results but used only monolingual features. In the follow-up work described here, we have explored two additional ideas: using English-Czech bilingual resources (as features only - the task itself remains a monolingual WSD task), and using a 'hybrid' approach, adding features extracted both from a parallel corpus and from manually aligned bilingual valency lexicon entries, which contain subcategorization information. Albeit not all types of features proved useful, both ideas and additions have led to significant improvements for both languages explored

THE ANALYSIS OF LOW-COST AIRLINES DEVELOPMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT

Katedra sociální geografie a region. rozvojeDepartment of Social Geography and Regional Develop.Přírodovědecká fakultaFaculty of Scienc

Possibilities and limits of co-operation of rural municipalities. Case study of municipalities in the region of the Bohemian Paradise

Předkládaná diplomová práce se zabývá fenoménem spolupráce venkovských obcí. Mechanismus spolupráce je jedním z možných řešení problémů malých obcí vyplývajících z omezených finančních, materiálních a lidských zdrojů. Spolupráce s okolními obcemi či dalšími aktéry územního rozvoje jim umožňuje realizovat projekty či aktivity, na které by samy nestačily nebo které přesahují svým rozsahem jejich území. Hlavním cílem práce je klasifikace jednotlivých typů spolupráce ve venkovském regionu a její aplikace v modelovém regionu. V práci jsou nejdříve rozebrána základní teoretická východiska sledované problematiky a základní vnější a vnitřní faktory ovlivňující spolupráci obcí. Dále jsou na základě teoretických poznatků a výsledků dosavadních výzkumů sestaveny její různé typologie. Pro výzkum modelového území byla zvolena metoda řízených rozhovorů s představiteli vybraných venkovských obcí. Ve sledovaných venkovských obcích v oblasti Českého ráje byly potvrzeny první dvě hypotézy formulované v úvodu práce: S rostoucím počtem spolupracujících subjektů (obcí) roste formálnost, resp. klesá intenzita spolupráce. Třetí hypotéza, která předpokládala, že krajská hranice představuje pro spolupráci obcí významnou bariéru, potvrzena nebyla. Ve sledovaném souboru obcí byly realizovány všechny typy spolupráce podle sestavených...The presented thesis focuses on the phenomenon of the cooperation of rural municipalities. The cooperative mechanism is one of possible ways for small municipalities to solve problems resulting from their limited financial, material and human resources. The cooperation with neighbouring municipalities or other actors of spatial development allows them to realize projects and activities, that they otherwise could not realize themselves because of the costs or spatial extent of the project or activity beyond their territory. The main objective of the thesis is to classify several types of the cooperation in rural region and to apply these classifications to the model region. First the fundamental theoretical background and external and internal factors affecting the cooperation of municipalities are discussed. Further several classifications of the cooperation were compiled based on theoretical findings and recent research results. As research method, applied in model region, guided interviews with representatives of the selected rural municipalities were chosen. The first two initial hypotheses of the thesis were confirmed within the selected rural municipalities in the region of the Bohemian Paradise: The formality of the cooperation is growing, respectively its intensity is decreasing according to growing...Katedra sociální geografie a region. rozvojeDepartment of Social Geography and Regional Develop.Přírodovědecká fakultaFaculty of Scienc

THE ANALYSIS OF LOW-COST AIRLINES DEVELOPMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT

Katedra sociální geografie a region. rozvojeDepartment of Social Geography and Regional Develop.Přírodovědecká fakultaFaculty of Scienc

Possibilities and limits of co-operation of rural municipalities. Case study of municipalities in the region of the Bohemian Paradise

The presented thesis focuses on the phenomenon of the cooperation of rural municipalities. The cooperative mechanism is one of possible ways for small municipalities to solve problems resulting from their limited financial, material and human resources. The cooperation with neighbouring municipalities or other actors of spatial development allows them to realize projects and activities, that they otherwise could not realize themselves because of the costs or spatial extent of the project or activity beyond their territory. The main objective of the thesis is to classify several types of the cooperation in rural region and to apply these classifications to the model region. First the fundamental theoretical background and external and internal factors affecting the cooperation of municipalities are discussed. Further several classifications of the cooperation were compiled based on theoretical findings and recent research results. As research method, applied in model region, guided interviews with representatives of the selected rural municipalities were chosen. The first two initial hypotheses of the thesis were confirmed within the selected rural municipalities in the region of the Bohemian Paradise: The formality of the cooperation is growing, respectively its intensity is decreasing according to growing..