Merge pull request nltk#1813 from nltk/alvations-patch-wordnet

Ensure self is its own lowest subsumer when needed
pblh123 · Aug 16, 2017 · b66e087 · b66e087
2 parents e45d45c + 938fe57
commit b66e087
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diff --git a/nltk/corpus/reader/wordnet.py b/nltk/corpus/reader/wordnet.py
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ def wup_similarity(self, other, verbose=False, simulate_root=True):
         if len(subsumers) == 0:
             return None
 
-        subsumer = subsumers[0]
+        subsumer = self if self in subsumers else subsumers[0]
 
         # Get the longest path from the LCS to the root,
         # including a correction: