Re: dict-xsyn converts word to synlist, what about backwards?

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.

Regards,
Oleg
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