Table 1. Comparison between semantic navigation and shortest path for a sample of source and target pairs of words.
| Semantic Navigation | Shortest Path | Semantic Navigation | Shortest Path |
| Microsoft_Access | Microsoft_Access | Pandora | Pandora |
| Computer_program | Database | Jar | Wine |
| Application | Leaf | Leyden_jar | United_States |
| Human_body | Biology | Capacitor | Electronics |
| Biology | Evolutionary_biology | Inductor | Electrical_circuit |
| Evolutionary_biology | Electrical_circuit | ||
| Norway_Iowa | Norway_Iowa | Wii_Sports | Wii_Sports |
| United_States | United_States | Tennis | Wii |
| U_States_History | January_1 | England | 2006 |
| Moon | March_27 | Protestantism | Good_Friday |
| Astronaut | Yuri_Gagarin | Paul_the_Apostle | Judas_Iscariot |
| Yuri_Gagarin | Judas_Iscariot | ||
| Gerardus_Mercator | Gerardus_Mercator | Oxfam | Oxfam |
| Atlas | Atlas | United_Kingdom | Canada |
| Google_Maps | Rome | United_States | July_1 |
| Satellite | NASA | Computer | Windows_2000 |
| Sputnik | Space_Race | Operating_system | Novell |
| U.S.S.R. | Linux | OpenSuSE | |
| Cold_War | SuSE | ||
| Space_Race | OpenSuSE | ||
| Electricity | Electricity | Liza_Minnelli | Liza_Minnelli |
| Oil | Metal | United_States | June_24 |
| Maize | Zinc | Forest | July_1 |
| Grain | Cereal | Rainforest | Evolution |
| Oat | Cheerios | Bird | Genetic_drift |
| Cereal | Evolution | ||
| Cheerios | Genetic_drift | ||
| Space_Race | Space_Race | Taco_Bell | Taco_Bell |
| United_States | 1957 | United_States | June_9 |
| Computer | 1960 s | U_States_History | December_21 |
| Operating_system | UNIX | Roaring_Twenties | F_Scott_Fitzgerald |
| UNIX | F_Scott_Fitzgerald | The_Great_Gatsby | |
| The_Great_Gatsby |
In some cases the shortest path led to degenerated chains (one of which is shown here).