# wordnet-blast

**Repository Path**: mirrors_ClickHouse-Extras/wordnet-blast

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: wordnet-blast
- **Description**: Fast access to the Wordnet lexical database.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

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- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-07-08
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-21

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## README

Wordnet Blast

Source: https://github.com/jardon-u/wordnet-blast
Changed:
- removed check for synsets amount
- added function that returns pointer to the first found synset: const std::vector<std::string> * wordnet::get_synset(const std::string& word, pos_t pos) const

Original README:

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          WordNet Blast
=====================================================================

In memory access to the wordnet onthology.

DEPENDENCIES:
        boost 1.46
        wordnet-sense-index
        colordiff (for wntest)

INSTALL:
        cmake CMakeLists.txt
        make

TESTS: (Beta)
        make check

USAGE:
        #include "wordnet.hh"
        #include "wnb/nltk_similarity.hh"

        using namespace std;
        using namespace wnb;

        int main()
        {
            wordnet wn(PATH_TO_WORDNET);

            vector<synset> synsets1 = wn.get_synsets("cat");
            vector<synset> synsets2 = wn.get_synsets("dog");

            nltk_similarity similarity(wn);
            float d = similarity(synsets1[0], synsets2[0], 6);
        }

BUGS:
        - Word Morphing is sometimes incorrect.

REFERENCE:
        George A. Miller (1995). WordNet: A Lexical Database for English.
        Communications of the ACM Vol. 38, No. 11: 39-41.