Dear all, I've noticed the editorial note on this page that there's still a need to address how Senses can be related to Wikidata Items without implying synonymy between senses that are related to the same Item. (See quote below.)
- Editorial Note: We should find a good place to address a common source of misunderstandings: Senses can be connected to Wikidata Items via an appropriate Statement they evoke or denote (compare lemon:denotes and lemon:evokes). However, such a connection should not be interpreted as the lexeme actually representing the concept defined by the item (compare lemon:LexicalSense and lemon:LexicalConcept). In particular, if two lexemes have senses that refer to the same concept in this way, this does not imply that the two lexemes are synonyms. Example: The lexemes for the English adjectives "hot" and "cold" could both have a sense that refers to Q11466 (temperature), even though they are antonyms.
This issue has been recognised and addressed in the lemon-tree vocabulary. There, the property http://w3id.org/lemon-tree#isSenseInConcept fits the purpose and has been used for topical thesauri. Perhaps it is worth considering using this approach here, too.