WordNet's structure makes it a useful tool for computational linguistics and natural language processing. WordNet superficially resembles a thesaurus, in that it groups words together based on their meanings.

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WordNet's structure makes it a useful tool for computational linguistics and natural language processing. WordNet superficially resembles a thesaurus, in that it groups words together based on their meanings.

WordNet is organized by the concept of synonym sets (synsets), groups of words that are roughly synonymous in a given context. The glossary definition and the example sentences are shared among all synonyms in a given synset.

WordNet 3.0 Reference Manual. See a glossary of WordNet terms for an explanation of some terminology. The WordNet Reference Manual is provided in the form of Unix-style manual pages. Manual pages are available here, online, and are included in the various WordNet packages. Section 1: User Commands Introduction - wnintro(1WN)

wnintro - introduction to WordNet library functions. Description. This section of the WordNet Reference Manual contains manual pages that describe the WordNet library functions and API. Functions are organized into the following categories:

The WordNet system consists of lexicographer files, code to convert these files into a database, and search routines and interfaces that display information from the database. The lexicographer files organize nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs into groups of synonyms, and describe relations between synonym groups.

The most recent WordNet documentation is available online. Bibliography. Many thanks to Joseph Rosenzweig of The University of Pennsylvania for initially putting together a comprehensive WordNet bibliography, including links to the papers wherever possible.

Using the WordNet interface, examining the source code, and reading wndb(5WN) are the best ways to see what types of searches are available and the data returned for each. Listed below are the valid searches that can be passed as ptr_type to findtheinfo() .

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