JAIR Analogical Mapping (State of the art)

• analogical mapping between two sets of words
• 20 mapping problems: 10 science analogies, 10 common metaphors
• typically about 7 words per set
• available from JAIR
• task described here

Sample question

Problem: Map {planet, attracts, revolves, sun, gravity, solar system, mass} to {revolves, atom, attracts, electromagnetism, nucleus, charge, electron}

Solution: {solar system -> atom, sun -> nucleus, planet -> electron, mass -> charge, attracts -> attracts, revolves -> revolves, gravity -> electromagnetism}