SmalltalkWordNet
Last updated at 11:31 am UTC on 24 April 2019
SmalltalkWordNet is a package to make WordNet (a lexical database for the English language [1]) available within the image,
Repository: https://github.com/hpi-swa/SmalltalkWordNet
Object subclass: #WordNetDB
instanceVariableNames: 'data wordIndex'
classVariableNames: 'Instance'
poolDictionaries: ''
category: 'WordNet'
The package needs the Prolog database serialization download to be copied into a folder 'wordnet' in the directory where the image is.
Download: https://wordnet.princeton.edu/download/current-version
Then
WordNetDB install.
Check
WordNetDB current wordIndex size
148730
Example queries
(WordNetDB current glossaryFor: 'mango' ) do: [:sense | Transcript show: '- ',sense; cr]
Result
- large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
- large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
(WordNetDB current glossaryFor: 'van' ) do: [:sense | Transcript show: '- ',sense; cr]
Result
- (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight
- any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
- the leading units moving at the head of an army
- a camper equipped with living quarters
- a truck with an enclosed cargo space
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/van
Main classes
Object subclass: #WordNetWord
instanceVariableNames: 'synset type word syntacticMarker'
classVariableNames: ''
poolDictionaries: ''
category: 'WordNet'
Object subclass: #WordNetSynset
instanceVariableNames: 'synsetId words glossary hypernyms hyponyms instances instanceOf entailments entailmentOf similarTo similarAdjectives memberHolonymOf memberMeronyms substanceHolonymOf substanceMeronyms partHolonymOf partMeronyms causedBy causeOf attributeAdjectives attributeOfNouns'
classVariableNames: ''
poolDictionaries: ''
category: 'WordNet'
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordNet
WordNet is a lexical database for the English language.[1] It groups English words into sets of synonyms called synsets, provides short definitions and usage examples, and records a number of relations among these synonym sets or their members. WordNet can thus be seen as a combination of dictionary and thesaurus.
