WordNet? What's that?

A modest proposal

A WordNet is a collection of assertions about some set of noun, verb, adjective, and adverb lexemes (including collocations) in a language, each assertion identifying:

1. two or more lexemes as synonyms or
2. a verbal statement (gloss) of the meaning shared by a set of synonyms or
3. a phrase containing a word derived from a lexeme
4. two adjective or adverb lexemes as antonyms or
5. two sets of adjective synonyms as similar in meaning
6. a set of noun synonyms as a special case (hyponym), component, member, or ingredient of another set of noun synonyms or
7. a set of noun synonyms to which a set of adjective synonyms pertains or
8. a set of noun synonyms expressing an attribute of which a set of adjective synonyms expresses a value or
9. a categorial, regional, or usage domain to which a set of synonyms belongs or
10. a syntactic attachment restriction to which an adjective lexeme is subject or
11. a syntactic frame in which a verb lexeme can appear or
12. two lexemes as derivationally related or
13. one set of synonyms as entailing another,

and a collection of programs for the management and use of those assertions.