I contacted with author of dict_xsyn, so probably, he'll add option to
support what you want.
Oleg
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Igor Katson wrote:
> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Igor Katson wrote:
>>
>>> On my question about doing a first name search by it's synonyms, like
>>>
>>> William Will Bill Billy
>>> James Jim Jimmy
>>>
>>> Oleg answered, that I can use dict_xsyn for that.
>>>
>>> In the dict_xsyn manual, it is said that:
>>> "This dictionary type replaces words with groups of their synonyms, and so
>>> makes it
>>> possible to search for a word using any of its synonyms"
>>>
>>> This means, that if the dictionary sees the name "William", it will
>>> replace it with "William Will Bill Billy", so that I can search with any
>>> of them.
>>>
>>> But what if the parser sees the word "Billy"? I want it to do absolutely
>>> the same. If not, as far as I understand, I will make a default synonym
>>> dictionary with pairs like:
>>>
>>> will william
>>> bill william
>>> billy william etc.
>>>
>>> Is there a way not to use this?
>>
>> no, but you always can generate rules for that using other tools.
>>
> Thanks. Oleg, and what do you think about creating an xsyn dictionary like
> with e.g. a python script:
> William Will Bill Billy
> Will William Bill Billy
> Bill William Will Billy
> Billy William Will Bill ?
>
>
Regards,
Oleg
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