Can emojis convey intricate meanings like English phrases? We present the Emoji-Lexical Composition (ELCo) dataset with 1,655 instances spanning 209 concepts, from tangible to abstract ideas. ELCo enables analysis of emoji and lexical composition. Our Emoji-based Textual Entailment (EmoTE) task reveals challenges for current models, but fine-tuning improves performance significantly.
