6 For example, Nachttischlampe 'bedside lamp' has both hypernyms Tischlampe 'table lamp' (hypernym distance is 1, i.e., direct hypernym) and Lampe 'lamp' (hypernym distance is 2, i.e., indirect hypernym).
furthermore, the splitting of compounds having more than two constituents, such as Brennstofflagerungsbehälter ('fuel storage container'), which is split into brennen + Stoff + lagern + Behälter cannot be used in this form for determining immediate constituents, since the constituents are not grouped.