How would you go about writing a program that finds abstract associations between words?
Like if you input "balloon" it would output things like "birthday", "blimp", "red", "soap bubble", etc. Not synonyms, but the sort of connections human would make.
Is that even possible? I'd appreciate any hints and ideas.
https://www.twinword.com/api/word-associations.php
For "balloon", it doesn't return "birthday" but it does return "party"...
{ "entry": "balloon", "request": "balloon", "response": { "balloon": 1 }, "associations": "aeronaut, distensible, inflate, puncture, distension, airman, aviator, deflate, helium, widen, flyer, bladder, flexible, dilate, rubber, air, expand, intestine, pilot, swollen, swell, bloat, distend, tire, gas, fly, gastric, fuse, chemistry, party", "associations_array": [ "aeronaut", "distensible", "inflate", "puncture", "distension", "airman", "aviator", "deflate", "helium", "widen", "flyer", "bladder", "flexible", "dilate", "rubber", "air", "expand", "intestine", "pilot", "swollen", "swell", "bloat", "distend", "tire", "gas", "fly", "gastric", "fuse", "chemistry", "party" ], "associations_scored": { "aeronaut": 2.5090246, "distensible": 1.8590211, "inflate": 1.8082259, "puncture": 1.5352395, "distension": 1.2243819, "airman": 1.1704121, "aviator": 1.1576922, "deflate": 1.1435689, "helium": 1.1327481, "widen": 1.0731996, "flyer": 0.926951, "bladder": 0.85258925, "flexible": 0.71675444, "dilate": 0.6800923, "rubber": 0.6176759, "air": 0.61751336, "expand": 0.6171214, "intestine": 0.6049722, "pilot": 0.5919644, "swollen": 0.54522365, "swell": 0.48640782, "bloat": 0.45009124, "distend": 0.4091111, "tire": 0.35498697, "gas": 0.34756577, "fly": 0.34399426, "gastric": 0.3329026, "fuse": 0.32793412, "chemistry": 0.29498485, "party": 0.29245383 }, "version": "4.0.0", "author": "twinword inc.", "email": "feedback@twinword.com", "result_code": "200", "result_msg": "Success" }