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From taking the synset of the word 'fantastic', I got a list of senses below:

[Synset('antic.s.01'), Synset('fantastic.s.02'), Synset('fantastic.s.03'), Synset('fantastic.s.04'), Synset('fantastic.s.05')]

What does 's' stand for?

Another example, taking a synset of the word 'fast':

[Synset('fast.n.01'), Synset('fast.v.01'), Synset('fast.v.02'), Synset('fast.a.01'), Synset('fast.a.02'), Synset('fast.a.03'), Synset('fast.s.04'), Synset('fast.s.05'), Synset('debauched.s.01'), Synset('flying.s.02'), Synset('fast.s.08'), Synset('firm.s.10'), Synset('fast.s.10'), Synset('fast.r.01'), Synset('fast.r.02')]

Again what does 's' stand for? And also what does 'r' stand for?

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I guess the NLTK documentation is a bit off. Looking at Wordnet's documents, I see:

pos

Syntactic category: n for noun files, v for verb files, a for adjective files, r for adverb files.

And in another section of the same document:

ss_type

One character code indicating the synset type:

n NOUN

v VERB

a ADJECTIVE

s ADJECTIVE SATELLITE

r ADVERB

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    Is 'adjective satellite' a term used in any linguistic theories, or is it something Wordnet made up themselves? – curiousdannii Mar 24 '14 at 03:30
  • @curiousdannii: I'm afraid I don't know offhand. – prash Mar 25 '14 at 21:09
  • @curiousdannii - adjective satellite is something Wordnet came up with - it refers to adjectives that always occur in instances relating to some other object - the canonical example is "atomic bomb". – Andrew Alexander Feb 02 '15 at 01:25