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WordNet

Princeton University's computational lexicon of English, a semantic network featuring synsets as nodes connected by hypernymy, hyponymy, holonymy, meronymy, etc.
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WordNet

Summary

WordNet is a lexical database[1]. WordNet has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • WordNet's instance of is recorded as lexical database[3].
  • WordNet's instance of is recorded as word net[4].
  • WordNet's instance of is recorded as knowledge graph[5].
  • WordNet's instance of is recorded as conceptual dictionary[6].
  • WordNet's instance of is recorded as semantic network[7].
  • WordNet's instance of is recorded as database[8].
  • WordNet's instance of is recorded as graph[9].
  • WordNet's developer is recorded as Christiane Fellbaum[10].
  • WordNet's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses[11].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1[12].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[13].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1[14].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[15].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.1[16].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7[17].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6[18].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5[19].
  • WordNet's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[20].
  • WordNet's language of work or name is recorded as English[21].
  • +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WordNet[22].
  • WordNet's official website is recorded as https://wordnet.princeton.edu/[23].
  • WordNet's main subject is semantic relation[24].
  • WordNet's main subject is word[25].
  • WordNet's work available at URL is recorded as http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn[26].
  • WordNet's work available at URL is recorded as https://wordnet.princeton.edu/download/current-version[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include lexical database[3], word net[4], knowledge graph[5], conceptual dictionary[6], semantic network[7], and database[8].

Origins

+1998-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WordNet[22].

Use and Application

WordNet's used by is recorded as WordNet Search[28].

Why It Matters

WordNet has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wordnet.princeton.edu. wordnet.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Knowledge Graph and Text Jointly Embedding. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . link.springer.com. link.springer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . kln.lexicala.com. kln.lexicala.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wordnet.princeton.edu. Retrieved . wordnet.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wordnet.princeton.edu. Retrieved . wordnet.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wordnetcode.princeton.edu. wordnetcode.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wordnet.princeton.edu. wordnet.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wordnet.princeton.edu. wordnet.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wordnetcode.princeton.edu. wordnetcode.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wordnetcode.princeton.edu. wordnetcode.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wordnet.princeton.edu. wordnet.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wordnet.princeton.edu. wordnet.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . kln.lexicala.com. kln.lexicala.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . kln.lexicala.com. kln.lexicala.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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