Words and phrases in the English language.

Entity["Word",name] or

represents an entity of type "Word".

[prop]

gives the value of a specified property.

[{propi,}]

gives the value of a list of properties.

EntityClass["Word",{propispeci,}]

represents a class of entities with values of propi defined by speci.

Sample Entities

Sample Entity Classes

Properties

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    Antonymsantonyms
    AntonymsListantonyms list
    BaseAdjectivebase adjective
    BaseFormbase form
    BaseNounbase noun
    BritishSpellingBritish spelling
    BroaderTermsbroader terms
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    CausesTermscauses terms
    CompositeTermscomposite terms
    CompoundWordscompound words
    ConceptWeightconcept weight
    ConsequencesTermsconsequences terms
    Definitionsdefinitions
    DerivedAdjectivesderived adjectives
    DerivedAdverbsderived adverbs
    Emoticonemoticons
    EntailedTermsentailed terms
    EntityClassesentity classes
    EntityTypeListentity type list
    Examplesexamples
    GeographicDomaingeographic domain
    Hyphenationhyphenation
    Imageimage
    InflectedFormsinflected forms
    LanguageOriginlanguage origin
    MaterialTermsmaterial terms
    MorphologicalDerivativesmorphological derivatives
    MorphologicalSourcemorphological source
    Namename
    NarrowerTermsnarrower terms
    NarrowerTermsListnarrower terms list
    NYTCrosswordPuzzleCluescrossword puzzle clues
    PartsOfSpeechparts of speech
    PartTermspart terms
    PhoneticFormphonetic form
    Phrasephrases
    PorterStemporter stem
    Pronunciationphonetic forms
    Rhymesrhyming words
    SentenceFramessentence frames
    SimilarAdjectivessimilar adjectives
    SimilarVerbssimilar verbs
    SubsetTermssubset terms
    SupersetTermssuperset terms
    Synonymssynonyms
    SynonymsListsynonyms list
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    UsageFieldusage field
    UsageTypeusage type
    WholeTermswhole terms
    WordNetIDWordNet ID

Details

  • "Word" entities each represent a single English word or short phrase that may have one or more senses or meanings.
  • "Word" entity classes group words by part of speech.
  • Some properties are available for the "Word" entity type as a whole and can be given using the form EntityValue["Word",property]. Such properties include:
  • "Properties"the list of available properties
    "PropertyCanonicalNames"the standard names of available properties
    "SampleEntities"a sample list of available entities (typically of length 10)
    "SampleEntityClasses"a sample list of available entity classes (typically of length 10)
    "EntityCount"number of entities available
    "Entities"the list of available entities
    "EntityCanonicalNames"the standard names of available entities
    "EntityClasses"the list of available entity classes
    "EntityClassCanonicalNames"the standard names of available entity classes
    "PropertyClasses"the list of available property classes
    "PropertyClassCanonicalNames"the standard names of available property classes
    "PropertyCount"number of properties available
  • The following annotations can be used in the third argument of EntityValue["Word",property,annotation]:
  • "Source"source information for the property
    "Date"the date associated with the entity-property value (if any)
    "EntityAssociation"an association of entities and entity-property values
    "PropertyAssociation"an association of properties and entity-property values
    "EntityPropertyAssociation"an association in which the specified entities are keys, and values are a nested association of properties and entity-property values
    "PropertyEntityAssociation"an association in which the specified properties are keys, and values are a nested association of entities and entity-property values
    "Dataset"a dataset in which the specified entities are keys, and values are an association of property names and entity-property values
  • The following annotations can be used in the second argument of EntityValue[property,annotation]:
  • "Qualifiers"the list of possible qualifiers for the property
    "QualifierValues"the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier
    "DefaultQualifierValues"the list of default values for the property's qualifiers
    "Description"a brief textual description of the property
    "Definition"a detailed textual definition of the property
    "PhysicalQuantity"the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value
    "Unit"the unit associated with the entity-property value
  • A qualifier value of Automatic indicates that an applicable format of values can be used; e.g. for the "Date" qualifier, this includes a proper date or date span.

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)

Use for entity discovery:

Find a property value for an entity:

Retrieve a dataset of all available properties for an entity: