Command Line Interface¶

Some of Wn's functionality is exposed via the command line.

Global Options¶

-d DIR, --dir DIR¶: Change to use DIR as the data directory prior to invoking any commands.

Subcommands¶

download¶

Download and add projects to the database given one or more project specifiers or URLs.

$ python -m wn download oewn:2021 omw:1.4 cili
$ python -m wn download https://en-word.net/static/english-wordnet-2021.xml.gz

--index FILE¶

Use the index at FILE to resolve project specifiers.

$ python -m wn download --index my-index.toml mywn

--no-add¶: Download and cache the remote file, but don't add it to the database.

lexicons¶

The lexicons subcommand lets you quickly see what is installed:

$ python -m wn lexicons
omw-en       1.4     [en]    OMW English Wordnet based on WordNet 3.0
omw-sk       1.4     [sk]    Slovak WordNet
omw-pl       1.4     [pl]    plWordNet
omw-is       1.4     [is]    IceWordNet
omw-zsm      1.4     [zsm]   Wordnet Bahasa (Malaysian)
omw-sl       1.4     [sl]    sloWNet
omw-ja       1.4     [ja]    Japanese Wordnet
...

-l LG, --lang LG¶

--lexicon SPEC¶

The --lang or --lexicon option can help you narrow down the results:

$ python -m wn lexicons --lang en
oewn      2021    [en]    Open English WordNet
omw-en    1.4     [en]    OMW English Wordnet based on WordNet 3.0
$ python -m wn lexicons --lexicon "omw-*"
omw-en    1.4     [en]    OMW English Wordnet based on WordNet 3.0
omw-sk    1.4     [sk]    Slovak WordNet
omw-pl    1.4     [pl]    plWordNet
omw-is    1.4     [is]    IceWordNet
omw-zsm   1.4     [zsm]   Wordnet Bahasa (Malaysian)

projects¶

The projects subcommand lists all known projects in Wn's index. This is helpful to see what is available for downloading.

$ python -m wn projects
ic      cili    1.0     [---]   Collaborative Interlingual Index
ic      oewn    2025+   [en]    Open English WordNet
ic      oewn    2025    [en]    Open English WordNet
ic      oewn    2024    [en]    Open English WordNet
ic      oewn    2023    [en]    Open English WordNet
ic      oewn    2022    [en]    Open English WordNet
ic      oewn    2021    [en]    Open English WordNet
ic      ewn     2020    [en]    Open English WordNet
ic      ewn     2019    [en]    Open English WordNet
ic      odenet  1.4     [de]    Open German WordNet
i-      odenet  1.3     [de]    Open German WordNet
ic      omw     2.0     [mul]   Open Multilingual Wordnet
ic      omw     1.4     [mul]   Open Multilingual Wordnet
...

validate¶

Given a path to a WN-LMF XML file, check the file for structural problems and print a report.

$ python -m wn validate english-wordnet-2021.xml

--select CHECKS¶

Run the checks with the given comma-separated list of check codes or categories.

$ python -m wn validate --select E W201 W204 deWordNet.xml

--output-file FILE¶: Write the report to FILE as a JSON object instead of printing the report to stdout.