NAME

WordNet::Extend - Perl modules for extending your local WordNet.

SYNOPSIS

Basic Usage Example

 use WordNet::Extend::Locate;    
 use WordNet::Extend::Insert;       

 my $locate = WordNet::Extend::Locate->new();   
 my $insert = WordNet::Extend::Insert->new();
 @in1 = ("crackberry","noun","withdef.1", "A BlackBerry, a handheld device considered addictive for its networking capability.");    

 print "Locating where $in1[0] should be inserted...\n";
 @loc1 = @{$locate->locate(\@in1)};   
 
 print "System found $loc1[1] as the ideal insertion location...\n";
                                    
 if($loc1[2] eq "attach")
 {
     print "Attaching $in1[0] to $loc1[0]";
     $insert->attach(\@in1, \@loc1);                                                                  
 }
 else
 {
     print "Merging $in1[0] into $loc1[0]";
     $insert->merge(\@in1, @loc1);
 }
 
 #$insert->restoreWordNet();

DESCRIPTION

Introduction

WordNet is a widely used tool in NLP and other research areas. A drawback of WordNet is the amount of time between updates. WordNet was last updated and released in December, 2006, and no further updates are planned. WordNet::Extend aims to help developers get a large use out of WordNet by allowing users to push the bounds of their own local WordNet. Both by allowing users to insert new lemmas into WordNet (WordNet::Extend::Insert) and helping users decide where a good place to insert new lemmas into WordNet is (WordNet::Extend::Locate).