ConceptNet · Example Payload

Get Concept Node

Example request and response for retrieving the ConceptNet node for the English concept 'dog'. The response includes paginated edges showing semantic relations such as IsA, HasA, AtLocation, and CapableOf.

Knowledge GraphNLPSemantic WebCommon SenseMultilingualWord EmbeddingsLinked DataOpen Data

Get Concept Node is an example object payload from ConceptNet, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

titledescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

get-concept-node.json Raw ↑
{
  "title": "Look up a concept node: /c/en/dog",
  "description": "Example request and response for retrieving the ConceptNet node for the English concept 'dog'. The response includes paginated edges showing semantic relations such as IsA, HasA, AtLocation, and CapableOf.",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.conceptnet.io/c/en/dog?limit=5",
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/ld+json"
    },
    "body": {
      "@context": [
        "http://api.conceptnet.io/ld/conceptnet5.7/context.ld.json"
      ],
      "@id": "/c/en/dog",
      "edges": [
        {
          "@id": "/a/[/r/IsA/,/c/en/dog/,/c/en/animal/]",
          "start": {
            "@id": "/c/en/dog",
            "label": "dog",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/dog"
          },
          "end": {
            "@id": "/c/en/animal",
            "label": "animal",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/animal"
          },
          "rel": {
            "@id": "/r/IsA",
            "label": "IsA"
          },
          "surfaceText": "[[A dog]] is a [[animal]].",
          "weight": 5.0,
          "license": "cc:by/4.0",
          "dataset": "/d/conceptnet/en",
          "sources": [
            {"@id": "/s/resource/conceptnet/4/en"},
            {"@id": "/s/activity/omcs/vote"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "@id": "/a/[/r/HasA/,/c/en/dog/,/c/en/paw/]",
          "start": {
            "@id": "/c/en/dog",
            "label": "dog",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/dog"
          },
          "end": {
            "@id": "/c/en/paw",
            "label": "paw",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/paw"
          },
          "rel": {
            "@id": "/r/HasA",
            "label": "HasA"
          },
          "surfaceText": "[[A dog]] has [[paws]].",
          "weight": 4.0,
          "license": "cc:by/4.0",
          "dataset": "/d/conceptnet/en",
          "sources": [
            {"@id": "/s/resource/conceptnet/4/en"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "@id": "/a/[/r/CapableOf/,/c/en/dog/,/c/en/bark/]",
          "start": {
            "@id": "/c/en/dog",
            "label": "dog",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/dog"
          },
          "end": {
            "@id": "/c/en/bark",
            "label": "bark",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/bark"
          },
          "rel": {
            "@id": "/r/CapableOf",
            "label": "CapableOf"
          },
          "surfaceText": "[[A dog]] can [[bark]].",
          "weight": 3.46,
          "license": "cc:by/4.0",
          "dataset": "/d/verbosity",
          "sources": [
            {"@id": "/s/resource/verbosity"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "@id": "/a/[/r/AtLocation/,/c/en/dog/,/c/en/kennel/]",
          "start": {
            "@id": "/c/en/dog",
            "label": "dog",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/dog"
          },
          "end": {
            "@id": "/c/en/kennel",
            "label": "kennel",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/kennel"
          },
          "rel": {
            "@id": "/r/AtLocation",
            "label": "AtLocation"
          },
          "surfaceText": "[[A dog]] can be found in a [[kennel]].",
          "weight": 2.0,
          "license": "cc:by/4.0",
          "dataset": "/d/conceptnet/en",
          "sources": [
            {"@id": "/s/resource/conceptnet/4/en"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "@id": "/a/[/r/RelatedTo/,/c/en/dog/,/c/en/cat/]",
          "start": {
            "@id": "/c/en/dog",
            "label": "dog",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/dog"
          },
          "end": {
            "@id": "/c/en/cat",
            "label": "cat",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/cat"
          },
          "rel": {
            "@id": "/r/RelatedTo",
            "label": "RelatedTo"
          },
          "surfaceText": null,
          "weight": 1.0,
          "license": "cc:by-sa/4.0",
          "dataset": "/d/wiktionary/en",
          "sources": [
            {"@id": "/s/resource/wiktionary/en"}
          ]
        }
      ],
      "view": {
        "@id": "/c/en/dog?offset=0&limit=5",
        "paginatedProperty": "edges",
        "firstPage": "/c/en/dog?offset=0&limit=5",
        "nextPage": "/c/en/dog?offset=5&limit=5",
        "comment": "Results 1-5 of 147"
      }
    }
  }
}