title: MIT Java WordNet Interface: Getting WordNet lexicographer classes or super-senses
body: <p>I have a project where I need to get the lexical meaning of a word. I am thinking of using WordNet because it has its own lexicographer classes also called super-senses. I just downloaded MIT JWI and trying to see if this JWI does support it. The manual doesn't say anything about returning any lexical information attached to the word.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.io.File;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.ObjectInputStream.GetField;
  import java.net.URL;
  import edu.mit.jwi.*;
  import edu.mit.jwi.item.IIndexWord;
  import edu.mit.jwi.item.ILexFile;
  import edu.mit.jwi.item.ISenseKey;
  import edu.mit.jwi.item.IWord;
  import edu.mit.jwi.item.IWordID;
  import edu.mit.jwi.item.POS;
  
  public class MITJavaWordNetInterface {
  
      public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
  
          //construct URL to WordNet Dictionary directory on the computer
          String wordNetDirectory = "WordNet-3.0";
          String path = wordNetDirectory + File.separator + "dict";
          URL url = new URL("file", null, path);      
  
          //construct the Dictionary object and open it
          IDictionary dict = new Dictionary(url);
          dict.open();
  
          // look up first sense of the word "dog "
          IIndexWord idxWord = dict.getIndexWord ("dog", POS.NOUN );
          IWordID wordID = idxWord.getWordIDs().get(0) ;
          IWord word = dict.getWord (wordID);         
          System.out.println("Id = " + wordID);
          System.out.println(" Lemma = " + word.getLemma());
          System.out.println(" Gloss = " + word.getSynset().getGloss());      
      }    
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I managed to run the sample provided by MIT. Any clues or suggestions as to how I can get the lexical information on a word submitted either using MIT JWI or any other tools would be great. An example on how to call the method would also be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <pre><code>An example word: dog
  Desired results: noun.animal
  </code></pre>