README

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          WordNet Blast
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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.