Events and groups of people - some cases of systematic polysemy

[rwingerter55]

@jmccrae wrote in #517:

[... ] I think there is a big issue with systematic polysemy as many of the hyponyms of ewn-07991473-n are words such as 'building', 'floor', 'municipality' used to refer to the people found at that place, which is clarified in the examples, e.g., "the floor complained...".

I agree that systematic polysemy is a big issue. It also occurs with words for events and people participating in them. ewn-07991473-n "assemblage, gathering" has 262 transitive hyponyms, including ewn-08269132-n "social affair, social gathering" (50 transitive hyponyms).

Here are the issues I found analyzing the hyponyms of ewn-08269132-n and ewn-07461861-n.

ID	lemmas	definition	subject
ewn-07461861-n	affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion	"a vaguely specified social event"@en	noun.event
ewn-08269132-n	social affair, social gathering	"a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship"@en	noun.group

As the subject shows, the first concept is intended to designate an event, the other a group of people.

But a closer look at the hyponyms of ewn-08269132-n reveals that in many cases the definitions refer to a social event. The following concepts do not have a corresponding concept covering the "event" sense and IMO should be moved to a more appropriate place in the hierarchy.

ID	Lemmas	Subject	Definition
ewn-08271461-n	at home	noun.group	a reception held in your own home
ewn-08272581-n	bachelor party	noun.group	stag party held for a bachelor (usually on the night before he is married)
ewn-08271116-n	beanfeast	noun.group	an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees
ewn-08402221-n	blind date	noun.group	a date with a stranger
ewn-08205897-n	cornhusking, husking bee	noun.group	a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn
ewn-08401740-n	date, appointment, engagement	noun.group	a meeting arranged in advance
ewn-08270736-n	dinner, dinner party	noun.group	a party of people assembled to have dinner together
ewn-08402333-n	double date	noun.group	a date in which two couples participate
ewn-08270561-n	feast, banquet	noun.group	a ceremonial dinner party for many people
ewn-08272429-n	fete champetre, garden party, lawn party	noun.group	a party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors
ewn-08270976-n	gaudy	noun.group	(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
ewn-08273072-n	hen party	noun.group	a party for women only
ewn-07993172-n	love feast	noun.group	a social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants
ewn-08402580-n	lunch meeting, luncheon meeting	noun.group	a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating
ewn-08271914-n	open house	noun.group	an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers
ewn-08402720-n	power breakfast	noun.group	a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast
ewn-07993298-n	quilting bee	noun.group	a gathering to make quilts
ewn-08402448-n	rendezvous, tryst	noun.group	a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
ewn-08495382-n	reunion	noun.group	a party of former associates who have come together again
ewn-08434877-n	seance, session, sitting	noun.group	a meeting of spiritualists
ewn-08272926-n	smoker, stag party	noun.group	a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only)
ewn-08269132-n	social affair, social gathering	noun.group	a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
ewn-08402011-n	visit	noun.group	a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
ewn-08273656-n	wedding party, wedding	noun.group	a party of people at a wedding

[rwingerter55]

Here are eight additions to the list above. They too are defined as events and should be moved accordingly.

ID	Lemmas	Subject	Definition
ewn-07992356-n	bee	noun.group	a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
ewn-08401631-n	conventicle	noun.group	a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
ewn-08272030-n	housewarming	noun.group	a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home
ewn-08271548-n	levee	noun.group	a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
ewn-08272294-n	musical soiree, soiree musicale	noun.group	a soiree assembled for the purpose of listening to music
ewn-08272152-n	soiree	noun.group	a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)
ewn-08273488-n	supper	noun.group	a social gathering where a light evening meal is served
ewn-08271797-n	wedding reception	noun.group	a reception for wedding guests held after the wedding

[jmccrae]

Moving this to be reviewed for 2022 release.

[jmccrae]

Thinking about this I can't see any example of a 'social gathering' that is not also a 'social occasion' and the other way around. As such I would suggest that we merge these two senses together. I would combine all the hyponyms and have both 'event' and 'gathering' as hypernyms of this synset.