[Corpora-List] Automatic categorization of words.

[Alexander Schutz]

WordNet provides such a classification you are looking for,
of course there is always ambiguity that needs to be resolved
from the context.

hth,
Alex

>wn rock -hypen
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rock
7 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, stone
       => natural object
           => object, physical object
               => entity

>wn justice -hypen
4 senses of justice
Sense 1
justice, justness
       => righteousness
           => morality
               => quality
                   => attribute
                       => abstraction
       => natural virtue
           => cardinal virtue
               => virtue
                   => good, goodness
                       => morality
                           => quality
                               => attribute
                                   => abstraction