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This figure shows the difference in names of the predicates "is married to" and "is a" in French. 

This figure shows the difference in names of the predicates "is married to" and "is a" in French. 

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Information philosophy for the Semantic Network
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In the multi-domain multi-lingual Semantic Network realized at TNO there is only a high level abstract data model. This model allows the existence in the network of all kinds of information and new kinds to be added at any time. In the perspective of long term usage of the available information, its correct interpretation, and its automatic mainten...
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... for the names of the predicates there might be big differences in various languages depending on the context in which a predicate is used. In figure 4 this is illustrated for the French language. If the semantic network is used somewhere in the future to generate natural language, this will be greatly facilitated if the predicates used are those from our normal spoken or written language. ...
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... of the relationship types (predicates) are not symmetric (are iden- tical when applied in one direction and the other, see the example of figure 4, but most of the predicates do come in pairs (asymmetric bi-directional re- lationships). Although many relationships could be bi-directional that does not imply that both relationships do exist (figure 5). ...