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[{"direction": "\u2014", "id": 91, "source": "poor, needy", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Qualities", "target": "desert (n.)", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 533, "source": "back (body part)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts", "target": "plateau", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 600, "source": "tree", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Plants; Plants. Trees and Shrubs", "target": "forest", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 601, "source": "wood, timber", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Substances and Materials", "target": "forest", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 840, "source": "mountain", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain", "target": "forest", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1468, "source": "ravine", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain", "target": "steppe, plain", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1504, "source": "empty", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "desert (n.)", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2473, "source": "forest", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "ambush", "target_tags": "Social Actions and Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2659, "source": "forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "to hunt", "target_tags": "Animals; Physical Actions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3090, "source": "swamp", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Coastal Landforms", "target": "forest", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3785, "source": "needle-leaved forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "Boletus edulis", "target_tags": "Plants; Plants. Mushrooms"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 3789, "source": "forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "Boletus edulis", "target_tags": "Plants; Plants. Mushrooms"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4825, "source": "bed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "garden bed", "target_tags": "Agriculture; Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4828, "source": "fireplace", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Parts. Parts of Buildings", "target": "garden bed", "target_tags": "Agriculture; Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4829, "source": "bench", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "garden bed", "target_tags": "Agriculture; Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5007, "source": "garden", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Agriculture; Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "kindergarten", "target_tags": "Social Institutions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5472, "source": "desert (n.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "hardship", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5497, "source": "forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "common redstart", "target_tags": "Animals; Animals. Birds"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5541, "source": "meadow", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography. Landscape", "target": "corn crake", "target_tags": "Animals; Animals. Birds"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5590, "source": "forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "bear (Ursus)", "target_tags": "Animals; Animals. Mammals"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5658, "source": "forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "wolf", "target_tags": "Animals; Animals. Mammals"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5773, "source": "forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "toilet", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5774, "source": "forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "wild, untamed", "target_tags": "Physical Properties"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5833, "source": "steppe, plain", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "side (n.)", "target_tags": "Parts"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5837, "source": "middle, centre", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Spatial Relations", "target": "boundary (of land plots)", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6572, "source": "tundra", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "North", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Cardinal Directions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6608, "source": "steppe, plain", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "wolf", "target_tags": "Animals; Animals. Mammals"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6647, "source": "naked, bare", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "unforested, treeless place", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6650, "source": "bald", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Qualities; Physical Properties", "target": "unforested, treeless place", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7061, "source": "mountain pass", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain", "target": "forest", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 7105, "source": "vineyard", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "garden", "target_tags": "Agriculture; Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7217, "source": "tundra", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "earth, soil", "target_tags": "Substances and Materials"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7702, "source": "needle-leaved forest", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "dry sandy soil", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7944, "source": "smooth (surface)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Perception; Perception. Tactile", "target": "unforested, treeless place", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 8067, "source": "land (vs. sea)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain", "target": "forest", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8162, "source": "land (vs. sea)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain", "target": "countryside (vs. city)", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 8477, "source": "jungle", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "smell (n.)", "target_tags": "Perception; Perception. Olfactory"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 9427, "source": "garden", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Agriculture; Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "work (n.)", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9602, "source": "wasteland", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "motherwort (Leonurus)", "target_tags": "Plants; Plants. Herbaceous Plants"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 9775, "source": "desert (n.)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Landscape", "target": "stranger, foreign", "target_tags": "Human Beings"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
91	poor, needy	Human Qualities	—	desert (n.)	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
533	back (body part)	Body Parts	→	plateau	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
600	tree	Plants; Trees and Shrubs	—	forest	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
601	wood, timber	Substances and Materials	↔	forest	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
840	mountain	Geography; Terrain	↔	forest	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
1468	ravine	Geography; Terrain	→	steppe, plain	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
1504	empty	Physical Properties	→	desert (n.)	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
2473	forest	Geography; Landscape	→	ambush	Social Actions and Relations	Open	Show map	Add realization
2659	forest	Geography; Landscape	→	to hunt	Animals; Physical Actions	Open	Show map	Add realization
3090	swamp	Geography; Coastal Landforms	→	forest	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
3785	needle-leaved forest	Geography; Landscape	→	Boletus edulis	Plants; Mushrooms	Open	Show map	Add realization
3789	forest	Geography; Landscape	—	Boletus edulis	Plants; Mushrooms	Open	Show map	Add realization
4825	bed	Artifacts; Furniture	→	garden bed	Agriculture; Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
4828	fireplace	Artifacts; Parts of Buildings	→	garden bed	Agriculture; Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
4829	bench	Artifacts; Furniture	→	garden bed	Agriculture; Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
5007	garden	Agriculture; Geography; Landscape	→	kindergarten	Social Institutions	Open	Show map	Add realization
5472	desert (n.)	Geography; Landscape	→	hardship	Abstract Entities	Open	Show map	Add realization
5497	forest	Geography; Landscape	→	common redstart	Animals; Birds	Open	Show map	Add realization
5541	meadow	Landscape	→	corn crake	Animals; Birds	Open	Show map	Add realization
5590	forest	Geography; Landscape	→	bear (Ursus)	Animals; Mammals	Open	Show map	Add realization
5658	forest	Geography; Landscape	→	wolf	Animals; Mammals	Open	Show map	Add realization
5773	forest	Geography; Landscape	→	toilet	Artifacts; Buildings	Open	Show map	Add realization
5774	forest	Geography; Landscape	→	wild, untamed	Physical Properties	Open	Show map	Add realization
5833	steppe, plain	Geography; Landscape	—	side (n.)	Parts	Open	Show map	Add realization
5837	middle, centre	Spatial Relations	→	boundary (of land plots)	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
6572	tundra	Geography; Landscape	→	North	Geography; Cardinal Directions	Open	Show map	Add realization
6608	steppe, plain	Geography; Landscape	→	wolf	Animals; Mammals	Open	Show map	Add realization
6647	naked, bare	Physical Properties	→	unforested, treeless place	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
6650	bald	Human Qualities; Physical Properties	→	unforested, treeless place	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
7061	mountain pass	Geography; Terrain	—	forest	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
7105	vineyard	Geography; Landscape	↔	garden	Agriculture; Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
7217	tundra	Geography; Landscape	—	earth, soil	Substances and Materials	Open	Show map	Add realization
7702	needle-leaved forest	Geography; Landscape	→	dry sandy soil	Geography; Terrain	Open	Show map	Add realization
7944	smooth (surface)	Perception; Tactile	→	unforested, treeless place	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
8067	land (vs. sea)	Geography; Terrain	—	forest	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
8162	land (vs. sea)	Geography; Terrain	→	countryside (vs. city)	Geography; Landscape	Open	Show map	Add realization
8477	jungle	Geography; Landscape	—	smell (n.)	Perception; Olfactory	Open	Show map	Add realization
9427	garden	Agriculture; Geography; Landscape	—	work (n.)	Abstract Entities	Open	Show map	Add realization
9602	wasteland	Geography; Landscape	→	motherwort (Leonurus)	Plants; Herbaceous Plants	Open	Show map	Add realization
9775	desert (n.)	Geography; Landscape	—	stranger, foreign	Human Beings	Open	Show map	Add realization