getRelatedSynsets {wordnet}R Documentation

Get Related Synsets for a Synset

Description

Get related synsets for a given synset based on a pointer symbol.

Usage

getRelatedSynsets(synset, pointerSymbol)

Arguments

synset Basic synset.
pointerSymbol A symbol indicating the type of the related synsets. An overview is available at http://wordnet.princeton.edu/man/wnsearch.3WN.html#sect4.

Value

A list of synsets.

Author(s)

Ingo Feinerer

References

M. Wallace (2007). Jawbone Java WordNet API. http://mfwallace.googlepages.com/jawbone.html

See Also

getSynsets

Examples

if (initDict()) {
  filter <- getTermFilter("ExactMatchFilter", "hot", TRUE)
  terms <- getIndexTerms("ADJECTIVE", 5, filter)
  synsets <- getSynsets(terms[[1]])
  related <- getRelatedSynsets(synsets[[1]], "!")
  sapply(related, getWord)
}

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