Adjective Library, Sorted Semantically

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Description Currently, only one adjective set exists, and it is not sorted semantically. In the long run, it will behoove us to manage unique adjective lists that are sorted along semantic and grammatical lines.

Possible Solutions Consider the following possible adjective arrays

• Master adjective list (all)
• Master adjective list (pruned for a/an grammaticality)
• Positive adjectives (good traits)*
• Negative adjectives (negative traits)*
• Neutral adjectives (neither positive nor negative traits)*
• Postive + neutral adjectives*
• Negative + neutral adjectives*
• Superlatives*
• Comparatives*

*pruned for a/an grammaticality

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Additional categories will be required.

• Positive adjectives, people (good traits)*
• Positive adjectives, things (good traits)*
• Negative adjectives, people (negative traits)*
• Negative adjectives, things (negative traits)*
• Neutral adjectives, people (neither positive nor negative traits)*
• Neutral adjectives, things (neither positive nor negative traits)*

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Update

• Progress continues on this front, but I've applied to receive access to FrameNet, a semantic meaning-mapper. If approved, this should expedite and expand the capacity for this kind of work, not only for adjectives, but for other word classes.