What part of speech is “worth” in WordNet syntax

Question

I have a list of GRE words for which I get a list of synsets.

for word in words: synsets = wordnet.synsets(word['name']) for synset in synsets: print synset.pos #prints part of speech 

For many words on the list, I see familiar parts of speech, such as verbs, nouns, etc. However, I come across many words that are classified as "s". I cannot have my life determine what a part of speech means. The only thing I can think of is that “s” means “only,” but that is not part of the speech classification.

For example, the word admonitory is an adjective. Two synsels are returned: "admonitory.s.01" and "admonitory.s.02". Both list part of the speech as "s".

I would really appreciate it if someone could explain this to me, or point me towards some good resources where I could find the answer.

I already read the NLTK documentation on this issue and did not find the answer there.

Answer 1

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/man/wndb.5WN.html#sect3 documents this as ADJECTIVE SATELLITE. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/man/wngloss.7WN.html explains that adjectives are divided into "head" and "satellite" synsets inside an "adjective cluster":

Adjectives are placed in clusters containing head synthesizers and satellite syntaxes. Each cluster is organized around antonym pairs (and sometimes antonymus triplets). Antonymic pairs (or triplets) are indicated in the head synthesizers of the cluster. Most brain synthesizers have one or more satellite synchronizations, each of which is a concept that, in meaning, corresponds to a concept represented by the syntax of the head. One way to think about organizing an adjective cluster is to visualize a wheel with a head in-phase connection as a hub and satellite syntaxes as spokes. Two or more wheels are logically connected through antonyms, which can be regarded as the axis between the wheels.

Answer 2

To add to the technical detail of tripleee shared, the following gives a better idea of ​​which satellite adjectives are -

Some adjectives associate minimal meaning. e.g. dry, good, etc. Each of these is the center of the adjective synset in WN.

Adjective satellites impose additional obligations over the meaning of the central adjective, for example. “dry” = “dry” + specific context (i.e. climate)

Source: https://www.englishforums.com/English/AdjectiveSatellite/nwzhv/post.htm