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+# Enum of Wordnet supersenses
+
+cpdef enum:
+    A_behavior
+    A_body
+    A_feeling
+    A_mind
+    A_motion
+    A_perception
+    A_quantity
+    A_relation
+    A_social
+    A_spatial
+    A_substance
+    A_time
+    A_weather
+    N_act
+    N_animal
+    N_artifact
+    N_attribute
+    N_body
+    N_cognition
+    N_communication
+    N_event
+    N_feeling
+    N_food
+    N_group
+    N_location
+    N_motive
+    N_object
+    N_person
+    N_phenomenon
+    N_plant
+    N_possession
+    N_process
+    N_quantity
+    N_relation
+    N_shape
+    N_state
+    N_substance
+    N_time
+    V_body
+    V_change
+    V_cognition
+    V_communication
+    V_competition
+    V_consumption
+    V_contact
+    V_creation
+    V_emotion
+    V_motion
+    V_perception
+    V_possession
+    V_social
+    V_stative
+    V_weather
diff --git a/spacy/senses.pyx b/spacy/senses.pyx
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+STRINGS = (
+    'A_behavior',
+    'A_body',
+    'A_feeling',
+    'A_mind',
+    'A_motion',
+    'A_perception',
+    'A_quantity',
+    'A_relation',
+    'A_social',
+    'A_spatial',
+    'A_substance',
+    'A_time',
+    'A_weather',
+    'N_act',
+    'N_animal',
+    'N_artifact',
+    'N_attribute',
+    'N_body',
+    'N_cognition',
+    'N_communication',
+    'N_event',
+    'N_feeling',
+    'N_food',
+    'N_group',
+    'N_location',
+    'N_motive',
+    'N_object',
+    'N_person',
+    'N_phenomenon',
+    'N_plant',
+    'N_possession',
+    'N_process',
+    'N_quantity',
+    'N_relation',
+    'N_shape',
+    'N_state',
+    'N_substance',
+    'N_time',
+    'V_body',
+    'V_change',
+    'V_cognition',
+    'V_communication',
+    'V_competition',
+    'V_consumption',
+    'V_contact',
+    'V_creation',
+    'V_emotion',
+    'V_motion',
+    'V_perception',
+    'V_possession',
+    'V_social',
+    'V_stative',
+    'V_weather'
+)