This module provides a graphical user interface for WordNet::Similarity and visualization tools for the path based measures built in WordNet::Similarity.
These visualization tools will make it easier for the user to understand the concepts behind these semantic measures.
To use the module, create a perl executable with the following code:
use WordNet::Similarity::Visual;
my $WordNet_GUI = WordNet::Similarity::Visual->new;
$WordNet_GUI->initialize;
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
Run wordnet_similarity.pl included in the installation directory.
You need to have WordNet::Similarity (version 0.14 or later), WordNet::QueryData (version 1.30 or later), and Gtk2(version 2-1.00 or later) installed.
WordNet::Similarity is available from
http://search.cpan.org/~tpederse/WordNet-Similarity-0.15/
WordNet::QueryData is available from
http://search.cpan.org/dist/WordNet-QueryData/.
Gtk2 is available from
http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/Gtk2-1.081/Gtk2.pm
Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Saiyam Kohli and Ted Pedersen
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