Hoi,
The main thing to remember is that all these lexemes are in fact the labels
we currently hold. The relatisation that this is true is key.
Thanks,
Gerard
On 13 September 2016 at 18:30, Daniel Kinzler <daniel.kinz...@wikimedia.de>
wrote:
> Am 13.09.2016 um 17:16 schrieb Gerard Meijssen:
> > Hoi,
> > The database design for OmegaWiki had a distinction between the concept
> and all
> > the derivatives for them.
>
> Wikidata will have Lexemes and their Forms and Senses.
>
> > So bumblebee is more complex than just "instance of" noun. It is an
> English
> > noun. "Hommel" is connected as a Dutch noun for the same concept and
> "hommels"
> > is the Dutch plural...
>
> Wikidata would have a Lexeme for "bumblebee" (english noun) and one for
> "Hommel"
> (dutch noun). Both would have a sense that would describe them as a flying
> insect (and perhaps other word senses, such as Q1626135, a creater on the
> moon).
> The senses that refer to the flying insect would be considered
> translations of
> each other, and both senses would refer to the same concept.
>
> So "bumblebee" (insect) is a translation of "Hommel" (insect), and both
> refer to
> the genus Bombus (Q25407). "Hommel" (creater) would share the morphology of
> "Hommel" (insect), as it has the same forms (I assume), but it won't share
> the
> translations.
>
> Having lexeme-specific word-senses avoids the loss of connotation and
> nuance
> that you get when you force words of different languages on a shared
> meaning.
> The effect of referring to the same concept can still be achieved via the
> reference to a concept (item).
>
> --
> Daniel Kinzler
> Senior Software Developer
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland
> Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
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