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Task 10. Working with Senses
Learning objective
Given a Lexical Database and linguistic data, you will learn to add, merge, move, and group senses.
Preparation
To prepare for this task, open the English Lexical Database and go to the Lexical Database Editor or open a Major Entry Editor window and go to the Major Entry flag. On the menu, click Object…All Insertion Points.
Adding another Sense for a Major Entry
1. Click 
(or
double-click the <LexSenseOrLexSenseGroup> insertion point).
2. In Choose One, select Sense and click Select.
Result: Opens a second (empty) Sense box below the first Sense box. (You may need to scroll down.)
)
3. In the Sense flag 2, do the following:
1. For the Part of Speech, click 
,
scroll to verb, double-click 
,
and select intransitive verb.
2. For the Gloss, type flag.
3. For the Definition, type to fall off in vigor, energy, activity, interest.
4. Click 
,
go to Vernacular, and type His energy began to flag.
5. Click 
.
6. In Link Sense to Thesaurus Categories, select 4.8.1.6
Tire, rest, click 
,
and then click OK.
Splitting senses
1. Select the Sense you want to split.
2. On the menu, click Edit…Copy.
3. Scroll above the first Sense and click .
4. In Choose One, select Sense and click Select.
5. Scroll to the new Sense and click the number on the left.
Result: Selects the entire pane.
6. On the menu, click Edit…Paste.
7. Edit both senses to retain the data that belongs to each Sense.
Merging senses
Preparation
Follow the steps above to add another sense for flag. Make up some information or use a dictionary.
Caution: You will lose the Definition, Gloss, and Part of Speech of the Sense you want to merge (delete). Only the Definition, Gloss, and Part of Speech of the Sense you merge into will remain. Information in the other fields will merge.
1. Scroll to the Sense you want to merge (delete) and click the number on the left.
2. On the menu, click Tools …Merge Sense.
3. In Choose One, double-click the target sense you want to retain (e.g., flag 2).
Result: The information from the Sense 3 fields that did not have information in the corresponding Sense 2 fields, now appear in Sense 2.
Moving/Reordering senses within an Entry
Tip: In entries with multiple Senses, you need to list the primary Sense first.
1. On the menu, click Object…All Insertion Points.
2. In Major Entry Editor, scroll to the Sense you want to move and click the number on the left (e.g., select Sense 2).
3. On the menu, click Edit…Mark to Move (or on the keyboard, press Ctrl+K).
4. Scroll to where you wish to move the Sense (e.g., above Sense 1) and click the <LexSenseOrLexSenseGroup> insertion point.
5. On the menu, click Edit…Move (or on the keyboard, press Ctrl+M).
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