[Data-modeling] English Words

[Arthur van Hoff]

I would say that the English noun "water" is different than the /en/water
topic.
But both the English noun "water" and the French noun "eau" could be linked
to the /en/water concept.
There is also the English verb "water".

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Kurt Bollacker <kurt at spaceship.com> wrote:

>
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 01:29:42PM -0700, Arthur van Hoff wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Has anyone thought about loading English (and other language) words into
> > Freebase?
> > We are currently using WordNet and Wiktionary data, but it would be
> really
> > convenient if this was available Freebase.
> > For each word we need the language, POS (noun, verb, adverb, adjective),
> > synonyms, sample usage, translations, etc.
>
> It's been thought about, but people, places, and things tended to have
> higher priority.  I'd say to go know yourself out.  There are existing
> RDF representations of Wordnet, which would make writing a Freebase
> loader a little easier.
>
> One (example) question though: How would you relate the WordNet word
> "Water" to the English display name for the freebase topic /en/water?
> It seems like disconnected duplication would be less than optmimal.
>
>                                                                Kurt :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> > Thanks.
> >
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