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# NSM vs. MKR

NSM category | NSM prime | MKR concept | MKR category
substantives | I YOU SOMEONE SOMETHING/THING PEOPLE/PERSON | I you someone something person | variable-pronoun variable-pronoun variable-pronoun variable-pronoun entity-ANIMAL
determiners | THIS THE SAME OTHER/ELSE | the is not is | quantifier verb-alias verb-alias
quantifiers | ONE TWO ALL MANY/MUCH SOME - | a,any - all - some no | quantifier quantifier quantifier quantifier quantifier quantifier
mental predicates | WANT FEEL THINK KNOW - SEE HEAR - - - | want feel think know believe see hear touch taste smell | action-mental action-mental action-mental action-mental action-mental action-sense action-sense action-sense action-sense action-sense
speech | SAY WORD | say word | action-mental OBJECT-symbol
actions, events, movement | DO HAPPEN MOVE | do...with...out...od...from...to...done ...do...od...done move | verb-action verb-action action
existence | THERE IS - - | - existent nonexistent | - existent nonexistent
life | LIVE DIE | live die | action action
evaluators, descriptors | GOOD BAD BIG SMALL | good bad big small | attribute-emotion attribute-emotion attribute-size attribute-size
time | WHEN/TIME NOW BEFORE AFTER A LONG TIME A SHORT TIME FOR SOME TIME | ? now before after long short some | variable-question attribute-time verb-time verb-time attribute-duration attribute-duration attribute-duration
space | WHERE/PLACE HERE ABOVE BELOW NEAR FAR SIDE INSIDE - | ? here above below near far beside inside outside | variable-question attribute-space verb-space verb-space attribute-distance attribute-distance verb-space verb-space verb-space
logical concepts | NOT MAYBE IF CAN BECAUSE - - - | not,non maybe if ... then ... else ... fi do*...with...out...od...from...to...done because/causes and,or is ... of ... with ... means/isref | complement view control-conditional verb-action conjunction-causality conjunction verb-definition conjunction-symbol
intensifier, augmentor | VERY MORE | very more | quantifier-attribute quantifier-attribute
taxonomy, partonomy | KIND OF PART OF - - - - | isa/iss/isu/isc/isg/isp isapart/haspart group ismem/isall isalt/isany begin ... end | verb-hierarchy verb-part OBJECT-abstract verb-inclusive verb-exclusive control-definition
similarity | LIKE | like | conjunction
- | - - - - - - - - - | purpose has rel,isin every method script [ ... , ... ] { ... ; ... ; } at space= ... time= ... view= ... | attribute verb-attribute verb-relation control-iteration action-method interaction phrase list proposition list context

## References

1. Cliff Goddard, "Polysemy: A Problem of Definition", pp. 129 - 151 in Yael Ravin and Claudia Leacock, "Polysemy: Theoretical and Computational Approaches", Oxford University Press, 2000.
2. Richard H. McCullough, "MKR/MKE Tutorial", http://rhm.cdepot.net/doc/MKEtutorial.html

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