Module: WordNet::Constants

Included in:

WordNet, LexicalLink, Lexicon, Morph, SemanticLink, Sense, SumoTerm, Synset, Word

Defined in:

lib/wordnet/constants.rb

Overview

This is a module containing constants used in the WordNet interface for Ruby. They are contained in a module to facilitate their easy inclusion in other namespaces. All constants in this module are also contained in the WordNet namespace itself.

Constant Summary

DEFAULT_DB_OPTIONS =

The default database options

{}

SYNTACTIC_CATEGORIES =

Synset syntactic-category names -> indicators

{
	:noun		=> "n",
	:verb		=> "v",
	:adjective	=> "a",
	:adverb		=> "r",
	:other		=> "s",
}

SYNTACTIC_SYMBOLS =

Syntactic-category indicators -> names

SYNTACTIC_CATEGORIES.invert

POINTER_TYPES =

Synset pointer typenames -> indicators

{
	:antonym		=> '!',
	:hypernym		=> '@',
	:entailment		=> '*',
	:hyponym		=> '~',
	:meronym		=> '%',
	:holonym		=> '#',
	:cause			=> '>',
	:verb_group		=> '$',
	:similar_to		=> '&',
	:participle		=> '<',
	:pertainym		=> '\\',
	:attribute		=> '=',
	:derived_from	=> '\\',
	:see_also		=> '^',
	:derivation		=> '+',
	:domain			=> ';',
	:member			=> '-',
}

POINTER_SYMBOLS =

Synset pointer indicator -> typename

POINTER_TYPES.invert

HYPERNYM_TYPES =

Hypernym synset pointer types

{
	nil             => '@', # Install non-subtype methods, too
	:instance       => '@i',
}

HYPERNYM_SYMBOLS =

Hypernym indicator -> type map

HYPERNYM_TYPES.invert

HYPONYM_TYPES =

Hyponym synset pointer types

{
	nil             => '~', # Install non-subtype methods, too
	:instance       => '~i',
}

HYPONYM_SYMBOLS =

Hyponym indicator -> type map

HYPONYM_TYPES.invert

MERONYM_TYPES =

Meronym synset pointer types

{
	:member			=> '%m',
	:stuff			=> '%s',
	:portion		=> '%o',
	:component		=> '%p',
	:feature		=> '%f',
	:phase			=> '%a',
	:place			=> '%l',
}

MERONYM_SYMBOLS =

Meronym indicator -> type map

MERONYM_TYPES.invert

HOLONYM_TYPES =

Holonym synset pointer types

{
	:member			=> '#m',
	:stuff			=> '#s',
	:portion		=> '#o',
	:component		=> '#p',
	:feature		=> '#f',
	:phase			=> '#a',
	:place			=> '#l',
}

HOLONYM_SYMBOLS =

Holonym indicator -> type map

HOLONYM_TYPES.invert

DOMAIN_TYPES =

Domain synset pointer types

{
	:category		=> ';c',
	:region			=> ';r',
	:usage			=> ';u',
}

DomainSymbols =

Domain indicator -> type map

DOMAIN_TYPES.invert

MEMBER_TYPES =

Member synset pointer types

{
	:category		=> '-c',
	:region			=> '-r',
	:usage			=> '-u',
}

MEMBER_SYMBOLS =

Member indicator -> type map

MEMBER_TYPES.invert

POINTER_SUBTYPES =

Map of primary types to maps of their subtypes

{
	:hyponym    => HYPONYM_TYPES,
	:hypernym   => HYPERNYM_TYPES,
	:meronym	=> MERONYM_TYPES,
	:holonym	=> HOLONYM_TYPES,
	:member		=> MEMBER_TYPES,
	:domain		=> DOMAIN_TYPES,
}

DELIM =

Record-part delimiter

'||'

DELIM_RE =

Regexp.new( Regexp::quote(DELIM) )

SUB_DELIM =

Record-subpart delimiter

'|'

SUB_DELIM_RE =

Regexp.new( Regexp::quote(SUB_DELIM) )

LEXFILES =

Lexicographer file index – from lexnames(5WN)

[
	"adj.all",
	"adj.pert",
	"adv.all",
	"noun.Tops",
	"noun.act",
	"noun.animal",
	"noun.artifact",
	"noun.attribute",
	"noun.body",
	"noun.cognition",
	"noun.communication",
	"noun.event",
	"noun.feeling",
	"noun.food",
	"noun.group",
	"noun.location",
	"noun.motive",
	"noun.object",
	"noun.person",
	"noun.phenomenon",
	"noun.plant",
	"noun.possession",
	"noun.process",
	"noun.quantity",
	"noun.relation",
	"noun.shape",
	"noun.state",
	"noun.substance",
	"noun.time",
	"verb.body",
	"verb.change",
	"verb.cognition",
	"verb.communication",
	"verb.competition",
	"verb.consumption",
	"verb.contact",
	"verb.creation",
	"verb.emotion",
	"verb.motion",
	"verb.perception",
	"verb.possession",
	"verb.social",
	"verb.stative",
	"verb.weather",
	"adj.ppl"
]

VERB_SENTS =

Verb sentences (?) – used in building verb frames.

[
	"",
	"Something ----s",
	"Somebody ----s",
	"It is ----ing",
	"Something is ----ing PP",
	"Something ----s something Adjective/Noun",
	"Something ----s Adjective/Noun",
	"Somebody ----s Adjective",
	"Somebody ----s something",
	"Somebody ----s somebody",
	"Something ----s somebody",
	"Something ----s something",
	"Something ----s to somebody",
	"Somebody ----s on something",
	"Somebody ----s somebody something",
	"Somebody ----s something to somebody",
	"Somebody ----s something from somebody",
	"Somebody ----s somebody with something",
	"Somebody ----s somebody of something",
	"Somebody ----s something on somebody",
	"Somebody ----s somebody PP",
	"Somebody ----s something PP",
	"Somebody ----s PP",
	"Somebody's (body part) ----s",
	"Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE",
	"Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE",
	"Somebody ----s that CLAUSE",
	"Somebody ----s to somebody",
	"Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE",
	"Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE",
	"Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something",
	"Somebody ----s something with something",
	"Somebody ----s INFINITIVE",
	"Somebody ----s VERB-ing",
	"It ----s that CLAUSE",
	"Something ----s INFINITIVE"
]