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.kinzler(a)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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