Convert list of string to list of synsets

Question

Convert List of String to List of objects of type synset.

I have tried to split and add but was not able to type cast it to sysnet type.

    inp="[Synset<'history.n.02'>,Synset<'long.n.02'>]"

I should get output as

    [Synset<'history.n.02'>,Synset<'long.n.02'>]

such that output should be list of synsets. For understanding synsets

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '19 at 14:27

1

You can use wn.synset()

inp="[Synset<'history.n.02'>,Synset<'long.n.02'>]"
inp=inp[1:-1]
for i in inp.split(','):
    val= i[8:-2]
    print wn.synset(val)

answered Mar 27 '19 at 14:27

Prince Sharzeel

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '19 at 10:59

0

How about

from nltk.corpus import wordnet as wn

words = ['dog','cat']
wn_words = [wn.synsets(word) for word in words]

answered Mar 26 '19 at 10:59

balderman

Actually, I want to avoid this computation of the sysnet again and again.So this will not be apt – Dpseudo Coders Mar 26 '19 at 11:05
@Dpseudo Coders The synset calculation is done once for each word in `words` – balderman Mar 26 '19 at 11:07
Ya but,is there a way which can be faster to convert string to synset object – Dpseudo Coders Mar 26 '19 at 11:14
if you can suggest way to convert "Synset<'history.n.02'>" to synset object – Dpseudo Coders Mar 26 '19 at 11:30
Not sure I understand. What is the type of the elements in `inp` list? What is the desired type? – balderman Mar 26 '19 at 12:00
I mentioned its synsets – Dpseudo Coders Mar 26 '19 at 12:04

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