100 Q&A's on HowNet -- 005. What does a RECORD look like in HowNet’s basic database?
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As described in Q3, HowNet currently includes over 220000 records in its database. In HowNet each word or expression is written in the form of a record. A record is composed of following items:
NO.= serial number
W_C= Chinese word or expression
G_C= Chinese grammatical information
S_C= Sentiment information for Chinese
E_C= Examples for Chinese
W_E= English word or expression
G_E= English grammatical information
S_E= Sentiment information for English
E_E= Examples for English
DEF= Definition of the comcept
Some records are shown below:
NO.=047395
W_C=动脉硬化症
G_C=noun [dong4 mai4 ying4 hua4 zheng4]
S_C=MinusEntity|负面实体
E_C=
W_E=atherosclerosis
G_E=noun [2 atherosclerosisnoun-0static,uncount ]
S_E=MinusEntity|负面实体
E_E=
DEF={disease|疾病:scope={part|部件:PartPosition={nerve|络},whole={part|部件:PartPosition={viscera|脏},whole={AnimalHuman|动物},{circulate|循环:instrument={~}}}}}
RMK=Atherosclerosis comes from the Greek words athero (meaning gruel or paste) and sclerosis (hardness).
NO.=162300
W_C=问
G_C=verb [wen4]
S_C=
E_C=
W_E=ask
G_E=verb [2 askverb-0vt,dobj,sobj,whobj,ofnpa22 ]
S_E=
E_E=
DEF={ask|问}
RMK=
NO.=128941
W_C=请求
G_C=verb [qing3 qiu2]
S_C=
E_C=
W_E=ask
G_E=verb [3 askverb-0vt,sobj,tocomp,thatobj,ofnpa23 ]
S_E=
E_E=
DEF={request|要求}
RMK=
(Note the difference between two “ask” in their grammatical information)
NO.=142804
W_C=适销对路
G_C=adj [shi4 xiao1 dui4 lu4]
S_C=PlusSentiment|正面评价
E_C=
W_E=salable
G_E=adj [3 salableadj-0endmore,prepo1 ]
S_E=PlusSentiment|正面评价
E_E=
DEF={suitable|适宜:domain={commerce|商业},scope={sell|卖:possession={$}}}
RMK=