wordnet-binary-search

SYNOPSIS

import { Wordnet } from 'wordnet-binary-search';

Wordnet.dataDir = './downloads/dict';

const verb = Wordnet.findVerb('import');
const noun = Wordnet.findNoun('name');
const adj = Wordnet.findAdjective('good');
const adv = Wordnet.findAdverb('loudly');

See eg/eg.js:

node ./eg/eg.mjs

INSTALL

npm run download # Download and unpack the WordNet files into ./downloads/dict
npm build
npm test
node eg/eg.js

DESCRIPTION

• Performs fast binary searches upon downloaded copies of Wordnet 3.1 "database files"
• Automatic, lazy-loaded dereferencing of word senses and semantic pointers
• Basic object modelling of Wordnet in Typescript

TODO

Lots, probably - it currently does what I want.

The Typescript modelling is rather limited at present.

The WordNet specs do not say if there can be more than one pointer of each type, so currently multiple are supported. This may change.

POINTER REFERENCE

Pointers follow the Wordnet format, and are stored in WithPointers.pointerMapEngToSymbol, keyed by Wordnet word form identifier: n for noun, v for verb, a for adverb, r for adjective. Pointers can be dereferenced manually by calling the derefPointer(symbol) method upon the Sense object (where symbol is the Wordnet pointer_symbol, eg, @i), or by calling the dynamically-generated lazy-loaded memoised property of the Sense named after the pointer_symbol name (eg instanceHypernym for @i).

    console.log(WithPointers.pointerMapEngToSymbol);

    {
        n: { // The pointer_symbols for nouns:
            antonym: '!',
            hypernym: '@',
            instanceHypernym: '@i',
            hypnym: '~',
            instanceHyponym: '~i',
            memberHolonym: '#m',
            substanceHolonym: '#s',
            partHolonym: '#p',
            memberMeronym: '%m',
            substanceMeronym: '%s',
            partMeronym: '%p',
            attribute: '=',
            derivationallyRelatedForm: '+',
            domainofSynsetTopic: ';c',
            memberofThisDomainTopic: '-c',
            domainofSynsetRegion: ';r',
            memberofThisDomainRegion: '-r',
            domainofSynsetUsage: ';u',
            memberofThisDomainUsage: '-u'
        },
        v: { // The pointer_symbols for verbs:
            antonym: '!',
            hypernym: '@',
            hypnym: '~',
            entailment: '*',
            cause: '>',
            alsoSee: '^',
            verbGroup: '$',
            derivationallyRelatedForm: '+',
            domainofSynsetTopic: ';c',
            domainofSynsetRegion: ';r',
            domainofSynsetUsage: ';u'
        },
        r: { // The pointer_symbols for adjectives:
            antonym: '!',
            similarTo: '&',
            participleOfVerb: '<',
            pertainym: '\\',
            attribute: '=',
            alsoSee: '^',
            domainofSynsetTopic: ';c',
            domainofSynsetRegion: ';r',
            domainofSynsetUsage: ';u'
        },
        a: {// The pointer_symbols for adverbs are:
            antonym: '!',
            derivedFromAdjective: '\\',
            domainofSynsetTopic: ';c',
            domainofSynsetRegion: ';r',
            domainofSynsetUsage: ';u'
        }
    };