__Work Package 2.1__: **Compilation and analysis of existing MWE lexicons** * **Involved partners**: LIGM,LI,LIF * **Description**: This subtask consists in compiling and analysing the existing freely-available French MWE lexicons: Lexicon-Grammar tables, Lefff, French wiktionary, Prolexbase, Locutions du Français, DELA compound dictionary, etc. They will be complemented by an extraction and quality-oriented filtering of French MWNE resources from LOD, notably taking into account the Aleda NE database developed by ALPAGE (Sagot & Stern 2012). The information encoded in each resources will be analysed and documented. The partners involved will be LI, LIGM and LIF, who have a strong expertise in lexicon construction. In particular, LIGM and LI will provide their lexicons and the related documentation. * **Deliverable**: D.2.1.1 a report describing in details the existing MWE lexicons to be used