VerbNet 3.4 may contain 18 sense keys not valid in WordNet 3.1

[scalatron]

The VerbNet 3.4 release appears to contain several references (in the <MEMBER wn="..."> fields) to WordNet sense keys that do not seem to exist in WordNet 3.1. I may be missing something here, though, so someone should verify this if possible. I searched for these sense keys in the offline WordNet database and only found remnants in e.g. sentidx.verb, but not in the actual database or index files. I also searched for some of them in the online WordNet database and came up empty. These keys may have been removed in an update of WordNet.

The VerbNet 3.4 file names and the missing WordNet 3.1 sense keys in question are:

    act-114.xml: engage_in%2:41:06
    amuse-31.1.xml: demolish%2:37:00
    break_down-45.8.xml: fall_apart%2:30:00
    comprehend-87.2.xml: undertand%2:31:02
    distinguish-23.5.xml: distingiush%2:31:00
    dress-41.1.1.xml: bathe%2:29:01, clothe%2:29:00::
    focus-87.1.xml: concentrate%2:31:01
    forbid-64.4.xml: keep%2:41:00, inhibit%2:30:00, restrain%2:37:00
    inquire-37.1.2.xml: ask%2:32:00
    limit-76.xml: restrain%2:30:00
    prosecute-33.2.xml: wn%2:32:01
    stop-55.4.xml: deactive%2:30:00
    transfer_mesg-37.1.1.xml: justify%2:32:02, write%2:32:01
    trifle-105.3.xml: toy%2:52:00

[scalatron]

The disappearance of inhibit%2:30:00, restrain%2:37:00 in forbid-64.4.xml may or may not be related to the issues mentioned in this paper concerning “Anomalies in the WordNet Verb Hierarchy”, by Tom Richens. It revealed a cycle in WordNet for the synset containing those senses.