Package nltk :: Package wordnet :: Module dictionary

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Module dictionary

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Classes

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Dictionary
A Dictionary contains all the Words in a given part of speech.

Functions

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dictionaryFor(pos)
Return the dictionary for the supplied part of speech.

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word(form, pos='noun')
Return a word with the given lexical form and pos. source code

sense(form, pos='noun', senseno=0)
Lookup a sense by its sense number. source code

synset(pos, offset)
Lookup a synset by its offset.

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Variables

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N = <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary instance for noun>

V = <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary instance for verb>

ADJ = <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary instance for adj>

ADV = <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary instance for adv>

Dictionaries = {'adj': <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary ins...

abbreviations = 'adverb adv adv. r'

pos = 'adv'

token = 'r'

tokens = ['adverb', 'adv', 'adv.', 'r']

Function Details

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dictionaryFor(pos)

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Return the dictionary for the supplied part of speech.

Parameters:

pos (string) - The part of speech of the desired dictionary.

Returns:

The desired dictionary.

word(form, pos=`'noun'`)

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Return a word with the given lexical form and pos.

Parameters:

form (string) - the sought-after word string e.g. 'dog'
pos (string) - the desired part of speech. Defaults to 'noun'.

Returns:

the Word object corresponding to form and pos, if it exists.

sense(form, pos=`'noun'`, senseno=0)

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Lookup a sense by its sense number. Used by repr(sense).

Parameters:

form (string) - the sought-after word string e.g. 'dog'
pos (string) - the desired part of speech. Defaults to 'noun'.
senseno (int) - the id of the desired word sense. Defaults to 0.

Returns:

the Synset object corresponding to form, pos and senseno, if it exists.

synset(pos, offset)

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Lookup a synset by its offset.

Parameters:

pos (string) - the desired part of speech.
offset (int) - the offset into the relevant Wordnet dictionary file.

Returns:

the Synset object extracted from the Wordnet dictionary file.

Variables Details

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Dictionaries

Value:

{'adj': <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary instance for adj>,
 'adv': <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary instance for adv>,
 'noun': <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary instance for noun>,
 'verb': <nltk.wordnet.dictionary.Dictionary instance for verb>}

Module dictionary

dictionaryFor(pos)

word(form, pos='noun')

sense(form, pos='noun', senseno=0)

synset(pos, offset)

Dictionaries

word(form, pos=`'noun'`)

sense(form, pos=`'noun'`, senseno=0)