Editing Semantic network (section)

=== WordNet ===
{{Main|WordNet}}
An example of a semantic network is [[WordNet]], a [[lexicon|lexical]] database of [[English language|English]]. It groups English words into sets of synonyms called [[synsets]], provides short, general definitions, and records the various semantic relations between these synonym sets. Some of the most common semantic relations defined are [[meronymy]] (A is a meronym of B if A is part of B), [[holonymy]] (B is a holonym of A if B contains A), [[hyponym]]y (or [[troponymy]]) (A is subordinate of B; A is kind of B), [[hypernym]]y (A is superordinate of B), [[synonym]]y (A denotes the same as B) and [[antonym]]y (A denotes the opposite of B).

WordNet properties have been studied from a [[Graph theory|network theory]] perspective and compared to other semantic networks created from [[Roget's Thesaurus]] and [[word association]] tasks.  From this perspective the three of them are a [[Small-world network|small world structure]].<ref name=Steyvers2005>{{cite journal
 | author = Steyvers, M.
 |author2=Tenenbaum, J.B.
  | year = 2005
 | title = The Large-Scale Structure of Semantic Networks: Statistical Analyses and a Model of Semantic Growth
 | journal = Cognitive Science
 | volume = 29
 | issue = 1
 | pages = 41–78
 | doi = 10.1207/s15516709cog2901_3
|pmid=21702767
 | arxiv = cond-mat/0110012
 |s2cid=6000627
 }}</ref>