jmccrae
commented
4 years ago 'Exemplifies' is a rename of the property that was called domain_usage previously. These three domain properties (category, region and usage/exemplifies) indicate a usage label, that is a pragmatic restriction on the use of the word. In the case of 'usage' this primarily meant a usage such as 'archaic' or 'slang'. They basically play the same role as usage labels in traditional dictionaries.
Perhaps @fcbond can explain the change in name from domain_usage to exemplifies as I don't remember the motivation for this.
For an improved definition, I would suggest
A relation between two concepts where Y is a type of concept X. such as idiom, honorific or classifier.Indicates that the word itself (not the concept it refers to) is an example of a linguistic category such as archaism, slang word, idiom, honorific or trademark
IMO the definition of
exemplifiesis not clear and makes me think of a hyponym/hypernym relation.Cf. also "example for vs. example of".
Compare the definitions given on the github page:
In order to understand I looked at some examples, e.g.
IMO this relation would be easier to understand if we put it like this:
has_exampleA relation between two concepts A and B where A has example B.is_example_forA relation between two concepts A and B where A is an example for B.Example: "hence" is_example_for "archaism, archaicism" "archaism, archaicism" has_example "hence"