A Wordnet from the Ground Up

34 Chapter 2. Building a Wordnet Core• names of youngsters,• feminine/masculine names,• augmentatives, diminutives and expressive names.2.2.5 FuzzynymyFrom EWN, we also adopted the fuzzynymy relation. It is meant for pairs of LUs whichare clearly connected semantically, but which the linguist cannot fit into the existingsystem of more sharply delineated relations. As for nouns, some fuzzynymy relationsappear to be regular and repeatable. For example, fuzzynymy links nouns that describeemployees and their workplace:• lekarz ‘physician’ or pielęgniarka ‘nurse’ and szpital ‘hospital’,• kustosz ‘curator’ and muzeum ‘museum’,• ksiądz ‘priest’ and kościół ‘church’,• listonosz ‘postman’ and poczta ‘post office’,• burmistrz ‘mayor’ and ratusz ‘town hall’.Not all pairs related by fuzzynymy are so radically different. We also linked uppairs which could as well be classified as derivatives, for example:• sędzia ‘judge’ and sąd ‘court’,• ambasador ‘ambassador’ and ambasada ‘embassy’,• ogrodnik ‘gardener’ and ogród ‘garden’,• rolnik ‘farmer’ and rola ‘farmland’.Another apparent connection is between names of objects and places where theseobjects usually reside, or between activities and places where they occur. A fewexamples:• obraz ‘picture’ or rzeźba ‘sculpture’ and wystawa ‘exhibition’,• roślina ‘plant’ or kwiat ‘flower’ and ogród ‘garden’ ,• spacer ‘walk’ and park ‘park’,• uczyć się ‘learn’ and szkoła ‘school’.