wordnet.hypernyms()
Syntax
hypernyms(query)
Description
Returns all hypernyms of query. This command generally returns more results than a simple hypernym() command, but queries will run slower since this is a recursive algorithm. The returned value is a list of elements that are by themselves lists of related synonyms. The last element in the list is the most abstract interpretation of the given query word.
Example
wordnet = ximport("wordnet")
print wordnet.hypernyms("train")
>>>[['train', 'railroad train'], ['public transport'],
>>> ['conveyance', 'transport'], ['instrumentality', 'instrumentation'],
>>> ['artifact', 'artefact'], ['object', 'physical object'],
>>> ['entity', 'physical thing'], ['whole', 'whole thing', 'unit'],
>>> ['object', 'physical object'], ['entity', 'physical thing']]