com.aliasi.coref
Class CachedMention

java.lang.Object
  com.aliasi.coref.CachedMention

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mention

public class CachedMention
extends Object
implements Mention

A CachedMention stores all of the retun values specified by the Mention interface.

Cached mentions are individuated by reference.

Since:

LingPipe1.0

Version:

3.1.2

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Constructor Summary

CachedMention(String phrase, String entityType, Set<String> honorifics, String[] normalTokens, String gender, boolean isPronominal)
Construct a cached mention from the specified return values.

Method Summary

String	entityType() Returns the type of entity recognized for this mention.
String	gender() Returns a string representing the gender of this mention.
Set<String>	honorifics() Returns the set of honorifics which occur in this mention.
boolean	isPronominal() Returns true if this mention is a pronoun.
String	normalPhrase() Returns a normalized version of the phrase, defined to be the concatenation of the normal tokens by a single whitespace.
String[]	normalTokens() Returns an array of normalized tokens for this phrase.
String	phrase() Returns the original phrase underlying this mention.
String	toString() Returns a string-based representation of this mention.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CachedMention

public CachedMention(String phrase,
                     String entityType,
                     Set<String> honorifics,
                     String[] normalTokens,
                     String gender,
                     boolean isPronominal)

Construct a cached mention from the specified return values. The normal phrase is defined to be the normal tokens concatenated with a single whitespace separator.

Parameters:

phrase - Underlying phrase for the mention.

entityType - The type of the mention.

honorifics - The honorifics for the mention.

normalTokens - The sequence of normal tokens for the mention.

gender - The gender of the mention constructed.

isPronominal - true if this mention is a pronoun.

Method Detail

phrase

public String phrase()

Returns the original phrase underlying this mention.

Specified by:

phrase in interface Mention

Returns:

Original phrase underlying this mention.

entityType

public String entityType()

Returns the type of entity recognized for this mention.

Specified by:

entityType in interface Mention

Returns:

Type of entity recognized for this mention.

honorifics

public Set<String> honorifics()

Returns the set of honorifics which occur in this mention.

Specified by:

honorifics in interface Mention

Returns:

Set of honorifics which occur in this mention.

normalPhrase

public String normalPhrase()

Returns a normalized version of the phrase, defined to be the concatenation of the normal tokens by a single whitespace.

Specified by:

normalPhrase in interface Mention

Returns:

Normalized version of the phrase.

normalTokens

public String[] normalTokens()

Returns an array of normalized tokens for this phrase.

Specified by:

normalTokens in interface Mention

Returns:

Array of normalized tokens for this phrase.

isPronominal

public boolean isPronominal()

Returns true if this mention is a pronoun.

Specified by:

isPronominal in interface Mention

Returns:

true if this mention is a pronoun.

gender

public String gender()

Returns a string representing the gender of this mention.

Specified by:

gender in interface Mention

Returns:

A string representing the gender of this mention.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string-based representation of this mention.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String representation of this mention.