---
name: "wngroups"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "wordnet"
version: "1.7-6"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wngroups"
---

# wngroups(7)

discussion of WordNet search code to group similar verb senses

## NAME

wngroups - discussion of WordNet search code to group similar verb senses

## DESCRIPTION

Some similar senses of verbs have been grouped by the lexicographers. This grouping is done statically in the lexicographer source files using the semantic *pointer\_symbol* **$**.  As with the noun senses, transitivity is used to combine groups of overlapping senses into the largest sense groups possible.

## NOTES

Coverage of verb groups is incomplete.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

- **WNHOME**

  Base directory for WordNet.  Unix default is  **/usr/local/wordnet1.7**, PC default is **C:\\wn17**.

- **WNSEARCHDIR**

  Directory in which the WordNet database has been installed.  Unix default is **WNHOME/dict**, PC default is **WNHOME\\dict**.

## FILES

All files are in directory **WNSEARCHDIR**:

- **sentidx.vrb**

  verb sense keys and sentence frame numbers

- **sents.vrb**

  example sentence frames

## SEE ALSO

**wn**(1WN), **wnb**(1WN), **senseidx**(5WN), **wnsearch**(3WN), **wndb**(5WN).