Apendix A – English, German and French word pairs and human evaluator scores

English scores taken from (Rubenstein and Goodenough, 1965),

German scores taken from (Mohammad et al, 2007),

French scores from our current study with 18 human evaluators.

cord smile	0.02	seil lächeln	0	corde sourire	0.00
noon string	0.04	mittag schnur	0.04	midi ficelle	0.00
rooster voyage	0.04	hahn reise	0	coq périple	0.06
fruit furnace	0.05	obst backofen	0.92	fruit fournaise	0.11
autograph shore	0.06	autogramm küste	0.04	autographe rivage	0.00
automobile wizard	0.11	kraftfahrzeug magier	0.04	automobile sorcier	0.00
mound stove	0.14	berg herd	0	monticule four	0.06
grin implement	0.18	grinsen werkzeug	0	grimace instrument	0.00
asylum fruit	0.19	irrenhaus obst	0.04	refuge fruit	0.00
asylum monk	0.39	irrenhaus mönch	0.25	refuge moine	0.22
graveyard madhouse	0.42	friedhof psychiatrie	0.38	cimetière asylum	0.22
boy rooster	0.44	junge hahn	0.29	garçon coq	0.44
glass magician	0.44	glas zauberer	0.58	verre magicien	0.06
cushion jewel	0.45	polster juwel	0.29	coussin bijou	0.17
monk slave	0.57	mönch sklave	0.58	moine esclave	0.17
asylum cemetery	0.79	Irrenhaus Friedhof	0.33	refuge cimetière	0.50
coast forest	0.85	küste forst	1.08	côte forêt	0.22
grin lad	0.88	grinsen bursche	0.58	grimace gars	0.11
shore woodland	0.9	ufer wald	1.29	rivage bois	0.33
monk oracle	0.91	mönch orakel	0.54	moine oracle	0.39
boy sage	0.96	junge fabel	0.38	garçon sage	0.29
automobile cushion	0.97	auto polster	1.25	automobile coussin	0.06
mound shore	0.97	berg küste	1.71	monticule rivage	0.17
lad wizard	0.99	bursche magier	0.58	gars sorcier	0.44
forest graveyard	1	gorst kirchhof	0.46	forêt cimetière	0.17
food rooster	1.09	nahrung hahn	1.88	nourriture coq	0.61
cemetery woodland	1.18	friedhof wald	0.96	cimetière bois	0.11
shore voyage	1.22	küste reise	1.46	rivage trip	0.28
bird woodland	1.24	vogel wald	1.63	oiseau bois	0.06
coast hill	1.26	ufer hügel	1.25	côte colline	2.17
furnace implement	1.37	backofen werkzeug	1.04	fournaise instrument	0.56
crane rooster	1.41	kranich hahn	2.21	grue coq	0.28
hill woodland	1.48	berg wald	1.75	colline bois	0.44
car journey	1.55	auto fahrt	2.75	auto voyage	0.33
cemetery mound	1.69	friedhof hügel	0.92	cimetière monticule	0.22
glass jewel	1.78	glas juwel	1.08	verre bijou	0.56
magician oracle	1.82	zauberer orakel	1.71	magicien oracle	0.56
crane implement	2.37	kran werkzeug	1.96	grue instrument	0.94
brother lad	2.41	bruder bursche	1.58	frère gars	2.00
sage wizard	2.46	fabel magier	1.54	sage sorcier	0.83
oracle sage	2.61	orakel fabel	1.25	oracle sage	1.28
bird cock	2.63	gockel hahn	3.17	oiseau grue	1.65
bird crane	2.68	vogel hahn	3.54	oiseau coq	2.41
food fruit	2.69	nahrung obst	3.29	nourriture fruit	2.78
brother monk	2.74	bruder mönch	3.04	frère moine	2.89
asylum madhouse	3.04	irrenhaus psychiatrie	3.67	refuge asile	3.28
furnace stove	3.11	backofen herd	3.42	fournaise four	2.78
magician wizard	3.21	zauberer magier	3.96	magicien sorcier	2.67
hill mound	3.29	hügel berg	3.46	colline monticule	2.94
cord string	3.41	schnur seil	3.38	corde ficelle	3.33
glass tumbler	3.45	glas becher	3.25	verre goblet	3.39
grin smile	3.46	grinsen lächeln	3.38	grimace sourire	1.50
serf slave	3.46	leibeigener sklave	3.83	serf esclave	1.89
journey voyage	3.58	fahrt reise	3.25	voyage périple	2.59
autograph signature	3.59	autogramm unterschrift	3.54	autographe signature	3.56
coast shore	3.6	küste ufer	3.67	côte rivage	2.50
forest woodland	3.65	forst wald	3.75	forêt bois	3.72
implement tool	3.66	gerät werkzeug	3	instrument outil	3.00
cock rooster	3.68	vogel kranich	4	coq coq	4.00
boy lad	3.82	junge bursche	3.79	garçon gars	3.83
cushion pillow	3.84	polster kissen	3.13	coussin oreiller	3.00
cemetery graveyard	3.88	friedhof kirchhof	3	cimetière cimetière	4.00
automobile car	3.92	kraftfahrzeug auto	3.79	automobile auto	3.94
gem jewel	3.94	edelstein juwel	3.83	joyau bijou	3.22
midday noon	3.94	mittag mittagsstunde	3.54	midi dîner	2.17