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hypernym

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hypernym [ˈhaɪpəˌnɪm]
n
(Linguistics) another name for superordinate [3]
[hyper- + Greek onoma name]
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Noun1.hypernym - a word that is more generic than a given word
superordinate word, superordinate
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
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color" is a hypernym of "green", "red" and "blue") and hyponyms (words that relate to a larger concept, e.
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For example, concepts 'Hotel' and 'Accommodation', according to the WordNet, share a common hypernym 'Structure'; values 'Double/Single Room', 'Apartment', and 'Suite' become concepts and are hierarchically organized under a 'RoomType' concept; the same thing happens to season periods.
Semantic search in tabular structures by Pivk, Aleksander; Gams, Matjaz; Lustrek, Mitja / Informatica
Intuitively, given two words, their lowest common WN hypernym determines a sub-hierarchy.
A semantic kernel to classify texts with very few training examples by Basili, Roberto; Cammisa, Marco; Moschitti, Alessandro / Informatica
 
 
 
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