I would say that the English noun "water" is different than the /en/water topic.<br>But both the English noun "water" and the French noun "eau" could be linked to the /en/water concept.<br>There is also the English verb "water".<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Kurt Bollacker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kurt@spaceship.com">kurt@spaceship.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 01:29:42PM -0700, Arthur van Hoff wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Has anyone thought about loading English (and other language) words into<br>
> Freebase?<br>
> We are currently using WordNet and Wiktionary data, but it would be really<br>
> convenient if this was available Freebase.<br>
> For each word we need the language, POS (noun, verb, adverb, adjective),<br>
> synonyms, sample usage, translations, etc.<br>
<br>
</div>It's been thought about, but people, places, and things tended to have<br>
higher priority. I'd say to go know yourself out. There are existing<br>
RDF representations of Wordnet, which would make writing a Freebase<br>
loader a little easier.<br>
<br>
One (example) question though: How would you relate the WordNet word<br>
"Water" to the English display name for the freebase topic /en/water?<br>
It seems like disconnected duplication would be less than optmimal.<br>
<br>
Kurt :-)<br>
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> Thanks.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Arthur van Hoff<br>
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