multiwordnet 0.0.1.post9

A helper library for accessing and manipulating WordNets in the MultiWordNet

### Background
A WordNet is a lexico-conceptual database for a language. In a WordNet, a language's lexemes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) are grouped into sets of semantically related words called synsets (for "synonym sets"), which thus correspond to the senses that are lexicalized in the language. A WordNet also typically includes information about semantic relations (i.e., relations between synsets) and about lexical relations (i.e., relations between words).

Created by Stefano Minozzi between 2004 and 2008 as part of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler's MultiWordNet, the original Latin WordNet contained 9,124 lemmas drawn from Riganti's Lessico Fondamentale Latino. The University of Exeter's TExtual Project aims to build on and expand Minozzi's work by adding some 30,000 words, covering the Latin language from the archaic period to late antiquity (and somewhat beyond).

When completed, this Latin WordNet '2.0' will become an integral component of two Digital Humanities projects. For the TExtual semantic and syntactic search engine for electronic corpora of Latin, the WordNet will deliver the engine's ability to execute queries based on word meanings. The WordNet will also provide the Exeter Dictionary of Latin Metaphor (Lexicon Translaticium Latinum) with a basis for distinguishing between words' literal and abstract senses.

### Installation
To get setup, all you need to do is compile the relevant SQLite databases:
```
>>> from multiwordnet.db import compile
>>> compile('latin')
```
You will need to do the same for the English and Italian synset databases:
```
>>> compile('english', 'synset')
>>> compile('italian', 'synset')
```
To make full use of the semantic data that is included in the MultiWordNet, you will also want to compile the list of common relations and semfield hierarchy:
```
>>> compile('common', 'relations', 'semfield', 'semfield_hierarchy')
```

### Basic usage
```
>>> from multiwordnet.wordnet import WordNet

>>> LWN = WordNet('latin')
>>> for lemma in LWN.lemmas: # all the lemmas currently in the WordNet
... print(lemma.lemma, lemma.pos)
>>> abalieno = LWN.get_lemma('abalieno', 'v') # this gives you access to a single lemma
>>> abalieno.synonyms # all lemmas that share a synset with 'abalieno'
>>> abalieno.antonyms
>>> abalieno.derivates # use .get_derivates('n') to restrict by POS
>>> abalieno.relatives # use .get_relatives('n') to restrict by POS
>>> abalieno.synsets
>>> LWN.get('abalien', strict=False) # returns a list of lemmas using wildcard matching
>>> LWN.get('abalien', pos='v', strict=False) # restrict the results to verbs
>>> synset = LWN.get_synset('n#07462736') # you can find a synset directly, if you know its offset ID
>>> synset.lemmas
...
>>> LWN.get_relations(source=synset) # all semantic relations where 'synset' is the source
>>> LWN.get_relations(source=synset, type='@') # restrict to hyponymy relations
```
Relations are of the following types:
##### Noun relations
###### Semantic
! antonym
@ hypernym
~ hyponym
#m member-of
#s substance-of
#p part-of
%m has-member
%s has-substance
%p has-part
= attribute
| nearest
+r has-role
-r is-role-of
###### Lexical
! antonym
@ hypernym
~ hyponym
+c composed-of
-c composes
\ derived-from
/ related-to
##### Verb relations
###### Semantic
! antonym
@ hypernym
~ hyponym
* entailment
> causes
^ also-see
$ verb-group
| nearest
###### Lexical
! antonym
@ hypernym
~ hyponym
+c composed-of
-c composes
\ derived-from
/ related-to
##### Adjective relations
###### Semantic
! antonym
& similar-to
= is-value-of
^ also-see
| nearest
###### Lexical
! antonym
< participle
+c composed-of
-c composes
\ derived-from
/ related-to
##### Adverb relations
###### Semantic
! antonym
| nearest
###### Lexical
! antonym
+c composed-of
-c composes
\ derived-from
/ related-to

```
>>> LWN.get_semfield_by_code('110') # 'Furniture'
```
##### Semfields
160 Acoustics
187 Administration
123 Agriculture
142 Anatomy
125 Animal_Husbandry
145 Animals
188 Anthropology
96 Applied_Science
35 Archaeology
91 Archery
107 Architecture
19 Art
192 Artisanship
49 Astrology
113 Astronautics
139 Astronomy
87 Athletics
161 Atomic_Physic
225 Aviation
66 Badminton
204 Banking
67 Baseball
68 Basketball
62 Betting
141 Biochemistry
140 Biology
194 Body_Care
202 Book_Keeping
94 Bowling
89 Boxing
109 Buildings
63 Card
149 Chemistry
61 Chess
20 Cinema
3 Color
195 Commerce
128 Computer_Science
69 Cricket
77 Cycling
21 Dance
118 Dentistry
215 Diplomacy
85 Diving
29 Drawing
150 Earth
196 Economy
167 Electricity
168 Electronics
114 Electrotechnology
111 Engineering
201 Enterprise
146 Entomology
134 Environment
190 Ethnology
206 Exchange
1 Factotum
207 Fashion
90 Fencing
203 Finance
92 Fishing
191 Folklore
105 Food
70 Football
54 Free_Time
110 Furniture
163 Gas
106 Gastronomy
144 Genetics
165 Geography
151 Geology
157 Geometry
71 Golf
37 Grammar
31 Graphic_Arts
193 Health
34 Heraldry
33 History
80 Hockey
127 Home
9 Humanities
93 Hunting
115 Hydraulics
208 Industry
199 Insurance
42 Jewellery
209 Law
36 Linguistics
38 Literature
156 Mathematics
116 Mechanics
117 Medicine
152 Meteorology
7 Metrology
210 Military
205 Money
81 Mountaineering
25 Music
51 Mythology
227 Nautical
2 Number
43 Numismatics
48 Occultism
153 Oceanography
164 Optics
24 Painting
154 Paleontology
47 Paranormal
211 Pedagogy
5 Person
119 Pharmacy
32 Philately
39 Philology
40 Philosophy
26 Photography
159 Physics
143 Physiology
147 Plants
41 Plastic_Arts
58 Play
214 Politics
220 Post
120 Psychiatry
46 Psychoanalysis
8 Psychological_Features
45 Psychology
216 Publishing
129 Pure_Science
6 Quality
95 Racing
64 Radio_TV
121 Radiology
228 Railway
50 Religion
52 Roman_Catholic
82 Rowing
72 Rugby
212 School
44 Sculpture
217 Sexuality
78 Skating
79 Skiing
73 Soccer
169 Social_Science
218 Sociology
65 Sport
158 Statistics
84 Sub
122 Surgery
83 Swimming
74 Table_Tennis
200 Tax
219 Telecommunication
221 Telegraphy
222 Telephony
75 Tennis
28 Theatre
53 Theology
4 Time_Period
166 Topography
223 Tourism
108 Town_Planning
224 Transport
213 University
226 Vehicles
126 Veterinary
76 Volleyball
88 Wrestling