Table 1 Semantic relation definition in WordNet
Relation | Definition |
|---|---|
Synonym | A term with exactly or nearly the same meaning as another term. For example, heart attack is a synonym of myocardial infarction |
Antonym | A term with an opposite meaning with another term, e.g., big : small, long : short, and precede : follow |
Hypernym | A term with a broad meaning under which more specific words fall. For example, bird is a hypernym of pigeon, crow, eagle, and seagull |
Hyponym | A term of more specific meaning than a general or superordinate term applicable to it. It is the opposite of hypernym. For example, pigeon, crow, eagle and seagull are hyponyms of bird |
Holonym | A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term„ e.g., body is a holonym of arm |
Meronym | A term that denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole. It is the opposite of holonym |
Sibling | The relationship denoting that terms have the same hypernym. E.g., son and daughter are sibling terms, since they have the same hypernym child |
Derivationally related forms | Terms in different syntactic categories that have the same root form and are semantically related, e.g., childhood is a derivationally related form of child |
Pertainym | Adjectives that are usually defined by phrases such as “of or pertaining to” and do not have antonyms, e.g., America is a pertainym of American |