[Data-modeling] word puzzle

[spencer kelly]

this is interesting. agree. added those properties.

how i see it: dictionaries (that index by spelling) don't model synonyms
properly, wordnet, which indexes by meaning, doesn't model individual words
properly.
(bat/bat have different etymologies but so do drink/gulp)

so, to do this right, we need act (behaviour), act (like on carmera), act
(act 2, scene 1)...acting(as present-tense behaviour), acting(present-tense
on camera)....blahblah... really super explicit. crazy, really.

this is just a fun linguistic excersize right now, these things take careers
to make. and its not a pressing need on freebase, as we have cooler ways to
fill harddrives. maybe the space people in the future will import wordnet. I
know cyc and yago have. -  and i bet wolfram has, but just didnt tell
anybody.

thanks for the help freebase, good day~
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