The SPECIALIST Lexicon

Domain List for Antonym

Domain is central to human life and way of living across times and cultures (generic). Domain is used to determine if an aPair is a canonical antonym. For example, , color, temperature, existence, length, weight, speed, time, quality are legit domains; while chocolate, tea, fruit are not legit domains as shown in examples below:

  • Canonical: black-white-color, hot-cold-temperature, dead-alive-existence, short-long-length, slow-fast-speed, slow-quick-time
  • Non-Canonical: white-dark-chocolate, hot-iced-tea, dry-fleshy-fruit

Our goal is to keep the domain as small and generic as possible. A domain list will be generated automatically by the computer programs during the tag validation processes. Domains used in antonym are listed below:

  • quality: ability|unability
  • existence: absence|presence
  • possibility: available|unavailable
  • quantity: decrease|growth
  • frequency: ever|never
  • physical_property: handsome|ugly
  • location: heaven|hell
  • temporal: junior|senior
  • size: large|small
  • temperature: chilly|warm
  • role: kid|adult

  • DOMAIN_NONE: used when aPair is tagged as non-canonical, [N].