The wordnet Reference Manual

Child Components

packages.lisp (file).
parts-of-speech.lisp (file).
wordnet-database-files.lisp (file).
parse-wordnet-data.lisp (file).
representation.lisp (file).
relationship-algorithms.lisp (file).
examples.lisp (file).

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3 Files

Files are sorted by type and then listed depth-first from the systems components trees.

Lisp

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3.1.1 `wordnet/wordnet.asd`

Source: wordnet.asd.
Parent Component: wordnet (system).
ASDF Systems: wordnet.

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3.1.2 `wordnet/packages.lisp`

Source: wordnet.asd.
Parent Component: wordnet (system).
Packages: wordnet.

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3.1.3 `wordnet/parts-of-speech.lisp`

Dependency

packages.lisp (file).

Source

Parent Component

wordnet (system).

Public Interface

canonicalize-part-of-speech (function).
do-parts-of-speech (macro).
parts-of-speech (function).

Internals

+part-of-speech-table+ (special variable).
define-part-of-speech (macro).
part-of-speech-file-type (function).
part-of-speech-for-wordnet-db-token (function).

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3.1.4 `wordnet/wordnet-database-files.lisp`

Dependency

parts-of-speech.lisp (file).

Source

Parent Component

wordnet (system).

Public Interface

exception-entry-for-word (method).
index-entry-for-word (generic function).
read-data-file-entry (generic function).

Internals

+wordnet-data-files+ (special variable).
+wordnet-database-directory+ (special variable).
+wordnet-exception-files+ (special variable).
+wordnet-index-files+ (special variable).
exception-file-for-part-of-speech (function).
file-for-part-of-speech (function).
find-index-entry-raw (function).
list-index-file (function).
skip-wordnet-preamble (function).
with-wordnet-file-stream (macro).

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3.1.5 `wordnet/parse-wordnet-data.lisp`

Dependency

wordnet-database-files.lisp (file).

Source

Parent Component

wordnet (system).

Public Interface

parse-data-file-entry (function).
parse-exception-file-entry (function).
parse-index-file-entry (function).

Internals

+wordnet-gloss-character+ (special variable).
+wordnet-pointer-symbols+ (special variable).
+wordnet-pointer-types+ (special variable).
decode-pointer-symbol-type (function).
define-wordnet-pointer-symbol (function).
define-wordnet-pointer-type (function).
relation-direction (method).
transitive-relation-p (method).
wordnet-relation-p (function).

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3.1.6 `wordnet/representation.lisp`

Dependency

parse-wordnet-data.lisp (file).

Source

Parent Component

wordnet (system).

Public Interface

cached-data-lookup (function).
cached-index-lookup (function).
index-entry-synsets (function).
index-entry-word (reader method).
part-of-speech (reader method).
part-of-speech (reader method).
pretty-print-synset (function).
print-object (method).
print-object (method).
print-object (method).
synset-words (reader method).
wordnet-adjective-entry (class).
wordnet-adverb-entry (class).
wordnet-index-entry (class).
wordnet-noun-entry (class).
wordnet-pointer (class).
wordnet-pointer-from-synset (reader method).
wordnet-pointer-from-synset-index (reader method).
wordnet-pointer-from-word (method).
wordnet-pointer-to-synset (reader method).
wordnet-pointer-to-synset-index (reader method).
wordnet-pointer-to-word (method).
wordnet-pointer-type (reader method).
wordnet-pointers (method).
wordnet-synset-entry (class).
wordnet-verb-entry (class).

Internals

*wordnet-index-cache* (special variable).
*wordnet-synset-cache* (special variable).
do-synset-pointers (macro).
index-entry-synset-offsets (reader method).
morphology-exception-lookup (function).
reify-pointers (method).
relation-direction (method).
synset-gloss (reader method).
synset-offset (reader method).
transitive-relation-p (method).
wordnet-object (class).

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3.1.7 `wordnet/relationship-algorithms.lisp`

Dependency

representation.lisp (file).

Source

Parent Component

wordnet (system).

Public Interface

commonality (function).
relation-transitive-closure (function).

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3.1.8 `wordnet/examples.lisp`

Dependency

relationship-algorithms.lisp (file).

Source

Parent Component

wordnet (system).

Public Interface

find-synset-with-sense (function).
get-antonyms (function).
get-synonyms (function).
synsets-containing-word/s (function).
wordnet-describe (function).
wordnet-describe* (function).

Internals

%%wordnet-describe (function).
%wordnet-describe (function).

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4 Packages

Packages are listed by definition order.

wordnet

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4.1 `wordnet`

Source

packages.lisp.

Nickname

wn

Use List

common-lisp.

Public Interface

cached-data-lookup (function).
cached-index-lookup (function).
canonicalize-part-of-speech (function).
commonality (function).
do-parts-of-speech (macro).
exception-entry-for-word (generic function).
find-synset-with-sense (function).
get-antonyms (function).
get-synonyms (function).
index-entry-for-word (generic function).
index-entry-synsets (function).
index-entry-word (generic reader).
parse-data-file-entry (function).
parse-exception-file-entry (function).
parse-index-file-entry (function).
part-of-speech (generic reader).
parts-of-speech (function).
pretty-print-synset (function).
read-data-file-entry (generic function).
relation-transitive-closure (function).
synset-words (generic reader).
synsets-containing-word/s (function).
wordnet-adjective-entry (class).
wordnet-adverb-entry (class).
wordnet-describe (function).
wordnet-describe* (function).
wordnet-index-entry (class).
wordnet-noun-entry (class).
wordnet-pointer (class).
wordnet-pointer-from-synset (generic reader).
wordnet-pointer-from-synset-index (generic reader).
wordnet-pointer-from-word (generic function).
wordnet-pointer-to-synset (generic reader).
wordnet-pointer-to-synset-index (generic reader).
wordnet-pointer-to-word (generic function).
wordnet-pointer-type (generic reader).
wordnet-pointers (generic function).
wordnet-synset-entry (class).
wordnet-verb-entry (class).

Internals

%%wordnet-describe (function).
%wordnet-describe (function).
*wordnet-index-cache* (special variable).
*wordnet-synset-cache* (special variable).
+part-of-speech-table+ (special variable).
+wordnet-data-files+ (special variable).
+wordnet-database-directory+ (special variable).
+wordnet-exception-files+ (special variable).
+wordnet-gloss-character+ (special variable).
+wordnet-index-files+ (special variable).
+wordnet-pointer-symbols+ (special variable).
+wordnet-pointer-types+ (special variable).
decode-pointer-symbol-type (function).
define-part-of-speech (macro).
define-wordnet-pointer-symbol (function).
define-wordnet-pointer-type (function).
do-synset-pointers (macro).
exception-file-for-part-of-speech (function).
file-for-part-of-speech (function).
find-index-entry-raw (function).
index-entry-synset-offsets (generic reader).
list-index-file (function).
morphology-exception-lookup (function).
part-of-speech-file-type (function).
part-of-speech-for-wordnet-db-token (function).
reify-pointers (generic function).
relation-direction (generic function).
skip-wordnet-preamble (function).
synset-gloss (generic reader).
synset-offset (generic reader).
transitive-relation-p (generic function).
with-wordnet-file-stream (macro).
wordnet-object (class).
wordnet-relation-p (function).

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5 Definitions

Definitions are sorted by export status, category, package, and then by lexicographic order.

Public Interface
Internals

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5.1 Public Interface

Macros
Ordinary functions
Generic functions
Standalone methods
Classes

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5.1.1 Macros

Macro: do-parts-of-speech ((part-of-speech-var pos-name-var) &body body) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parts-of-speech.lisp.

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5.1.2 Ordinary functions

Function: cached-data-lookup (synset-index part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.

Function: cached-index-lookup (word part-of-speech) ¶

Looks up the entries for word (a string or a symbol) for the specified part-of-speech.

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.

Function: canonicalize-part-of-speech (part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parts-of-speech.lisp.

Function: commonality (relation-type &rest synsets) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: relationship-algorithms.lisp.

Function: find-synset-with-sense (part-of-speech word like-word) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: examples.lisp.

Function: get-antonyms (word part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: examples.lisp.

Function: get-synonyms (words &optional part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: examples.lisp.

Function: index-entry-synsets (index-entry) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.

Function: parse-data-file-entry (entry) ¶

Given a string as returned by READ-DATA-FILE-ENTRY, representing a symset, return the data.

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Function: parse-exception-file-entry (entry) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Function: parse-index-file-entry (entry) ¶

Given a string as returned by INDEX-ENTRY-FOR-WORD, decode it and return the elements of the index entry.

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Function: parts-of-speech () ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parts-of-speech.lisp.

Function: pretty-print-synset (stream synset &key word-index gloss word-sense-tags) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.

Function: relation-transitive-closure (synset relation-type) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: relationship-algorithms.lisp.

Function: synsets-containing-word/s (word/s &optional part-of-speech) ¶

Returns a list of synsets containing the (or all of the) words in word/s.

Package: wordnet.
Source: examples.lisp.

Function: wordnet-describe (word-or-phrase &optional part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: examples.lisp.

Function: wordnet-describe* (word-or-phrase &optional part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: examples.lisp.

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5.1.3 Generic functions

Generic Function: exception-entry-for-word (pos word) ¶

Package

Methods

Method: exception-entry-for-word ((pos symbol) word) ¶

Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Generic Function: index-entry-for-word (from-where word) ¶

Return a string that is the entry for WORD in the specified WordNet index file

Package

wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Source

Methods

Method: index-entry-for-word (index-file-stream word) ¶

Method: index-entry-for-word ((pathname pathname) word) ¶

Method: index-entry-for-word ((pos symbol) word) ¶

Method: index-entry-for-word ((pos null) word) ¶

Generic Reader: index-entry-word (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: index-entry-word ((wordnet-index-entry wordnet-index-entry)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: word.

Generic Reader: part-of-speech (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: part-of-speech ((wordnet-synset-entry wordnet-synset-entry)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: part-of-speech.

Reader Method: part-of-speech ((wordnet-index-entry wordnet-index-entry)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: part-of-speech.

Generic Function: read-data-file-entry (from-where file-offset) ¶

Return a string that represents the synset at OFFSET in the specified WordNet data file

Package

wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Source

Methods

Method: read-data-file-entry (data-file-stream file-offset) ¶

Method: read-data-file-entry ((pathname pathname) file-offset) ¶

Method: read-data-file-entry ((pos symbol) file-offset) ¶

Generic Reader: synset-words (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: synset-words ((wordnet-synset-entry wordnet-synset-entry)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: words.

Generic Reader: wordnet-pointer-from-synset (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: wordnet-pointer-from-synset ((wordnet-pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: from-synset.

Generic Reader: wordnet-pointer-from-synset-index (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: wordnet-pointer-from-synset-index ((wordnet-pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: from-word-index.

Generic Function: wordnet-pointer-from-word (pointer) ¶

Package

Methods

Method: wordnet-pointer-from-word ((pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

Generic Reader: wordnet-pointer-to-synset (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: wordnet-pointer-to-synset ((wordnet-pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: to-synset.

Generic Reader: wordnet-pointer-to-synset-index (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: wordnet-pointer-to-synset-index ((wordnet-pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: to-word-index.

Generic Function: wordnet-pointer-to-word (pointer) ¶

Package

Methods

Method: wordnet-pointer-to-word ((pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

Generic Reader: wordnet-pointer-type (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: wordnet-pointer-type ((wordnet-pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: type.

Generic Function: wordnet-pointers (synset) ¶

Package

Methods

Method: wordnet-pointers ((synset wordnet-synset-entry)) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

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5.1.4 Standalone methods

Method: print-object ((object wordnet-index-entry) stream) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

Method: print-object ((object wordnet-synset-entry) stream) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

Method: print-object ((object wordnet-pointer) stream) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

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5.1.5 Classes

Class: wordnet-adjective-entry ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.
Direct superclasses: wordnet-synset-entry.

Class: wordnet-adverb-entry ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.
Direct superclasses: wordnet-synset-entry.

Class: wordnet-index-entry ¶

Package

Source

Direct superclasses

wordnet-object.

Direct methods

index-entry-synset-offsets.
index-entry-word.
part-of-speech.
print-object.

Direct slots

Slot: word ¶

Initargs: :word
Readers: index-entry-word.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: part-of-speech ¶

Initargs: :part-of-speech
Readers: part-of-speech.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: synset-offsets ¶

Initargs: :synset-offsets
Readers: index-entry-synset-offsets.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Class: wordnet-noun-entry ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.
Direct superclasses: wordnet-synset-entry.

Class: wordnet-pointer ¶

Package

Source

Direct superclasses

wordnet-object.

Direct methods

print-object.
relation-direction.
transitive-relation-p.
wordnet-pointer-from-synset.
wordnet-pointer-from-synset-index.
wordnet-pointer-from-word.
wordnet-pointer-to-synset.
wordnet-pointer-to-synset-index.
wordnet-pointer-to-word.
wordnet-pointer-type.

Direct slots

Slot: type ¶

Package: common-lisp.
Initargs: :type
Readers: wordnet-pointer-type.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: from-synset ¶

Initargs: :from
Readers: wordnet-pointer-from-synset.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: from-word-index ¶

Initargs: :from-index
Readers: wordnet-pointer-from-synset-index.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: to-synset ¶

Initargs: :to
Readers: wordnet-pointer-to-synset.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: to-word-index ¶

Initargs: :to-index
Readers: wordnet-pointer-to-synset-index.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Class: wordnet-synset-entry ¶

Package

Source

Direct superclasses

wordnet-object.

Direct subclasses

wordnet-adjective-entry.
wordnet-adverb-entry.
wordnet-noun-entry.
wordnet-verb-entry.

Direct methods

part-of-speech.
print-object.
reify-pointers.
synset-gloss.
synset-offset.
synset-words.
wordnet-pointers.

Direct slots

Slot: part-of-speech ¶

Initargs: :part-of-speech
Readers: part-of-speech.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: offset ¶

Initargs: :offset
Readers: synset-offset.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: words ¶

Initargs: :words
Readers: synset-words.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Slot: raw-pointers ¶

Initargs: :pointers

Slot: pointers ¶

Slot: gloss ¶

Initargs: :gloss
Readers: synset-gloss.
Writers: This slot is read-only.

Class: wordnet-verb-entry ¶

Package

Source

Direct superclasses

wordnet-synset-entry.

Direct slots

Slot: verb-frames ¶

Initargs: :verb-frames

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5.2 Internals

Special variables
Macros
Ordinary functions
Generic functions
Classes

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5.2.1 Special variables

Special Variable: *wordnet-index-cache* ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.

Special Variable: *wordnet-synset-cache* ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.

Special Variable: +part-of-speech-table+ ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parts-of-speech.lisp.

Special Variable: +wordnet-data-files+ ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Special Variable: +wordnet-database-directory+ ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Special Variable: +wordnet-exception-files+ ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Special Variable: +wordnet-gloss-character+ ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Special Variable: +wordnet-index-files+ ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Special Variable: +wordnet-pointer-symbols+ ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Special Variable: +wordnet-pointer-types+ ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

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5.2.2 Macros

Macro: define-part-of-speech (canonical-name (file-type &rest wn-db-tokens) &rest abbreviations) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parts-of-speech.lisp.

Macro: do-synset-pointers ((pointer-var synset &optional pointer-types) &body body) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.

Macro: with-wordnet-file-stream ((stream-var file-identifier) &body body) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

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5.2.3 Ordinary functions

Function: %%wordnet-describe (word-or-phrase part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: examples.lisp.

Function: %wordnet-describe (word-or-phrase part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: examples.lisp.

Function: decode-pointer-symbol-type (pointer-symbol part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Function: define-wordnet-pointer-symbol (symbol part-of-speech definition) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Function: define-wordnet-pointer-type (name transitive-p direction &optional reverse-type) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Function: exception-file-for-part-of-speech (part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Function: file-for-part-of-speech (part-of-speech file-type) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Function: find-index-entry-raw (index-file-stream file-offset) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Function: list-index-file (file from to) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Function: morphology-exception-lookup (word part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: representation.lisp.

Function: part-of-speech-file-type (part-of-speech) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parts-of-speech.lisp.

Function: part-of-speech-for-wordnet-db-token (token) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parts-of-speech.lisp.

Function: skip-wordnet-preamble (stream) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: wordnet-database-files.lisp.

Function: wordnet-relation-p (thing) ¶

Package: wordnet.
Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

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5.2.4 Generic functions

Generic Reader: index-entry-synset-offsets (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: index-entry-synset-offsets ((wordnet-index-entry wordnet-index-entry)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: synset-offsets.

Generic Function: reify-pointers (synset) ¶

Package

Methods

Method: reify-pointers ((synset wordnet-synset-entry)) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

Generic Function: relation-direction (pointer-type) ¶

Package

Methods

Method: relation-direction ((pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

Method: relation-direction ((pointer-type symbol)) ¶

Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

Generic Reader: synset-gloss (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: synset-gloss ((wordnet-synset-entry wordnet-synset-entry)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: gloss.

Generic Reader: synset-offset (object) ¶

Package

Methods

Reader Method: synset-offset ((wordnet-synset-entry wordnet-synset-entry)) ¶

automatically generated reader method

Source: representation.lisp.
Target Slot: offset.

Generic Function: transitive-relation-p (pointer-type) ¶

Package

Methods

Method: transitive-relation-p ((pointer wordnet-pointer)) ¶

Source: representation.lisp.

Method: transitive-relation-p ((pointer-type symbol)) ¶

Source: parse-wordnet-data.lisp.

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5.2.5 Classes

Class: wordnet-object ¶

Package

Source