Sense example E-HowNet definition 工人 搬運工 "porter" def:{labor|工人: "labor" telic={transport|運送: patient={goods|貨物}, agent={~}}} 女工 "female labor" def:{labor|工人:gender={female|女}} 童工 "child labor" def:{labor|工人:age={child|幼兒}} 工業 化工 "chemical industry" def:{industry|工業: "industry" domain={chemistry|化學}} 機工 "engineering industry" def: {industry|工業: domain={machine|機器}} 技術 刀工 "cutting skill" def:{skill|技術: "skill" predication={cut|切削: method={~}}} 畫工 "painting skill" def:{skill|技術: predication={draw|畫: method={~}}} The meaning of 牧工 "hired herdsman", 核工 "nuclear industry" ,or 唱工 "art of singing" are then determined by comparing the similarity between their modifiers and the modifiers of each class of examples.
we compare 牧、核 and唱 separately with 搬運、女、童、化、機、刀...etc.