title: wordnet word phrase in synset
body: <p>How can we find the word phrases in a synset ? In particular, take this synset for the adj "booked":</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>booked, engaged, set-aside -- (reserved in advance)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I use the RitaWN Java package (WordNet version is 2.1), and cannot seem to find the phrases. In the example above, when I run</p>
  
  <pre><code>RiWordnet wordnet = new RiWordnet(null);
  String[] syn = wordnet.getSynset(word, "a", true);
  for(int i = 0; i &lt; syn.length; i++)
              System.out.println(syn[i]);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It only outputs</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>booked engaged</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>While "set-aside" is not listed.</p>
  
  <p>I have tested a lot and all phrases are not found. Another example:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>commodity, trade good, good -- (articles of commerce)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>then "trade good" is not returned from the getSynset() method. So how can we actually get phrases ?</p>
  
  <p>(the ritawn package is obtained from <a href="http://rednoise.org/rita/wordnet/documentation/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://rednoise.org/rita/wordnet/documentation/index.htm</a>)</p>