I think you might be looking for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_network I believe it was Collins an

I think you might be looking for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_network I believe it was Collins and Quinlan did the seminal work on the conceptual side, but what's interesting is it seems to emerge around the same time ... considering how inextricably bound the two are in computer science it's an interesting chicken/egg problem!