Editing User:Reversedragon/SignEntityProposal (section)

=== Lexemes approach ===

In lack of Sign Entities, it would be perfectly possible for a Wikibase to reinterpret the concept of in-text citations as Lexemes. Under this model, a Lexeme narrowly represents the concept of exactly what qualities of a text are rendered into written language as a citation. <cite>Terrorism and Communism</cite> has the forms "Terrorism and Communism" (its title) and "TC8" (its bop citation code), but not necessarily a number of pages or a publication year. <cite>Dragon Ball</cite> has the forms "Dragon Ball" (books), "Dragon Ball" (first show), "Dragon Ball Z" or "DBZ" (second show), "Dragon Ball" (1-volume edition), and "Dragon Ball" (3-volume edition), which are treated as [https://www.w3.org/2019/09/lexicog/#formrestriction different senses] of the phrase.

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@base  <https://research.moraleconomy.au/entity/> .
# ... prefixes

<L777>
 wikibase:lemma "ドラゴンボール"@ja .
 # ... parallel Lexeme for Japanese-language usages

<L778>  # Dragon Ball
 rdf:type  wikibase:Lexeme ;  # the Entity is a Lexeme
 wikibase:lemma  "Dragon Ball"@en ;
 wikibase:lexicalCategory <QN100> ;  # work citation phrase
 dct:language  <Q1011> ;  # English (en)
 ontolex:sense  <L778-S1>, <L778-S2>, <L778-S3>, <L778-S4>, <L778-S5>, <L778-S6> ;
 ontolex:lexicalForm  <L778-F1>, <L778-F2>, <L778-F3> .

<L778-S1>  rdf:type wikibase:Sense, ontolex:LexicalSense ;
 skos:definition "serialized comic, any edition"@en .

<L778-S2>  a wikibase:Sense, ontolex:LexicalSense ;
 skos:definition "first show, any edition"@en .

<L778-S3>  a wikibase:Sense, ontolex:LexicalSense ;
 skos:definition "second show, any edition"@en ;
 lexicog:restrictedTo  <L778-F2>, <L778-F3> .  # S3 is only called "DBZ"

<L778-S4>  a wikibase:Sense, ontolex:LexicalSense ;
 skos:definition "books, 1-volume edition"@en .
 lexicog:restrictedTo  <L778-F1> .  # if S4 is in front of you you are most likely to call it "Dragon Ball"
 # ... ok to link this Sense to edition Items on wikidata containing Properties

<L778-S5>  a wikibase:Sense, ontolex:LexicalSense ;
 skos:definition "books, 3-volume edition"@en .
 # ... ok to link this to edition Items

<L778-S6>  a wikibase:Sense, ontolex:LexicalSense ;
 skos:definition "books, 1-volume edition with separated Z era"@en .
 # no restrictedTo  -  if S6 is in front of you it is quite possible you'll call it DBZ
 # ... ok to link this to edition Items

<L778-F1>  rdf:type wikibase:Form , ontolex:Form ;
 ontolex:representation  "Dragon Ball"@en ;
 wikibase:grammaticalFeature  <QNNNN> .

<L778-F2>  a wikibase:Form , ontolex:Form ;
 ontolex:representation  "Dragon Ball Z"@en ;
 wikibase:grammaticalFeature  <QNNNN> .

<L778-F3>  a wikibase:Form , ontolex:Form ;
 ontolex:representation  "DBZ"@en ;
 wikibase:grammaticalFeature  <QNNNN> .

# the one frightening thing about this approach is when individual episodes happen to have bop citation codes,
# and you might or might not have to make 200+ Senses.
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