Examples of Sense
Relations
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Hyponymy
? dog means the collection of
all dogs
? mammal means the collection
of all mammals
? X is a hyponym of Y = the meaning of X
is contained in the meaning of Y
Hyponymy
Synonymy
? A is synonymous with B = the
meaning of A is the same as
the meaning of B
? couch means
? sofa means
Antonymy
As a rule,man is a fool.
When it’s hot,he wants it cool;
When it’s cool,he wants it hot;
Always wanting what is not,
“visible-invisible” antonyms
? Suppose that each adjective means,the
collection of all things/persons that have
the quality/property in question”
happy then
means
unhappy means
A and B are antonymous = The
meanings of A and B do not
overlap.
“parent-child” antonyms
? Not all anonymous pairs can be explained
in this manner.,
? parent vs,child
? teacher vs,student
? Informally,For any x and y,whenever x
is A of y,y is B of x (and vice versa)
= A and B are antonyms