Entailments in WordNet

Christiane Fellbaum

Princeton

The struggle against the drug lords in Colombia will be a near thing.  This week, the government arrested Jose Abello Silva, said to be the fourth-ranking cartel leader.  He will probably be extradited to the U.S. for trial under an extradition treaty President Virgilia Barco has revived.  Later, another high-ranking trafficker, Leonidas Vargas, was arrested and 1,000 pounds of dynamite seized. 

 

President Bush has agreed to meet within 90 days with Mr. Barco, President Alan  Garcia of Peru and President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia to discuss the drug problem.  It might not be a bad idea to do that sooner, rather than later.  After the Panama fiasco, they will need some reassurance. 

WordNet links words that are related morphologically and semantically

The struggle against the drug lords in Colombia will be a near thing.  This week, the government arrested Jose Abello Silva, said to be the fourth-ranking cartel leader.  He will probably be extradited to the U.S. for trial under an extradition treaty President Virgilia Barco has revived.  Later, another high-ranking trafficker, Leonidas Vargas, was arrested and 1,000 pounds of dynamite seized. 

 

President Bush has agreed to meet within 90 days with Mr. Barco, President Alan  Garcia of Peru and President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia to discuss the drug problem.  It might not be a bad idea to do that sooner, rather than later.  After the Panama fiasco, they will need some reassurance.

WordNet has an entailment link between “try” (legal sense) and “arrest”:

in order to try someone you have to arrest him (default case)

The struggle against the drug lords in Colombia will be a near thing.  This week, the government arrested Jose Abello Silva, said to be the fourth-ranking cartel leader.  He will probably be extradited to the U.S. for trial under an extradition treaty President Virgilia Barco has revived.  Later, another high-ranking trafficker, Leonidas Vargas, was arrested and 1,000 pounds of dynamite seized. 

 

President Bush has agreed to meet within 90 days with Mr. Barco, President Alan  Garcia of Peru and President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia to discuss the drug problem.  It might not be a bad idea to do that sooner, rather than later.  After the Panama fiasco, they will need some reassurance. 

WordNet identifies Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru as parts of South America.

Panama is part of Central America, U.S. part of North America. All countries are part of the American continent.

Current work links all placenames in WordNet to gazetteers (SPAWAR contract from ARDA/AQUAINT).

The struggle against the drug lords in Colombia will be a near thing. …

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Current gloss annotation framework produces XML output.

The struggle against the drug lords in Colombia will be a near thing. Thisweek, the government arrested Jose Abello Silva, said to be the fourth-ranking cartel leader. he will probably be extradited to the U.S. for trialunder an extradition treaty President Virgilia Barco has revived. Later,another high-ranking trafficker, Leonidas Vargas, was arrested and1,000 pounds of dynamite seized.

President Bush has agreed to meet within 90 days with Mr. Barco, PresidentAlan Garcia of Peru and President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia to discussthe drug problem. It might not be a bad idea to do that sooner, rather thanlater. After the Panama fiasco, they will need some reassurance.

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The struggle against the drug lords in Colombia will be a near thing. Thisweek, the government arrested Jose Abello Silva, said to be the fourth-ranking cartel leader. he will probably be extradited to the U.S. for trialunder an extradition treaty President Virgilia Barco has revived. Later,another high-ranking trafficker, Leonidas Vargas, was arrested and1,000 pounds of dynamite seized.

President Bush has agreed to meet within 90 days with Mr. Barco, PresidentAlan Garcia of Peru and President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia to discussthe drug problem. It might not be a bad idea to do that sooner, rather thanlater. After the Panama fiasco, they will need some reassurance.

Annotated to WordNet senses.

Colombia, Republic of Colombia – (a republic in northwestern South America …)

=> Gazetteer entry for “Colombia”: http://web.address/entry/for/Colombia/

drug baron, drug lord – (a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs)

George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, … -- (43rd President of the United States…)

INSTANCE OF => President of the United States…

conflict, struggle, battle – (an open clash between two opposing groups or individuals…)