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  <Title>Unsupervised Induction of Modern Standard Arabic Verb Classes Using Syntactic Frames and LSA</Title>
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2 Levin Classes
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    <Paragraph position="0"> The idea that verbs form lexical semantic clusters based on their syntactic frames and argument selection preferences is inspired by the work of Levin, who defined classes of verbs based on their syntactic alternation behavior. For example, the class Vehicle Names (e.g. bicycle, canoe, skate, ski) is defined by the following syntactic alternations (among others):</Paragraph>
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