com.aliasi.coref
Interface Killer

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenderKiller, HonorificConflictKiller

public interface Killer

An implementation of the killing interface provides a way of defeating a match between a mention and a mention chain.

Since:

LingPipe1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Method Summary

boolean

kill(Mention mention, MentionChain chain) Return true if the match between mention and mention chain should be excluded.

Method Detail

kill

boolean kill(Mention mention,
             MentionChain chain)

Return true if the match between mention and mention chain should be excluded.

Parameters:

mention - Mention to match.

chain - Mention chain to match.

Returns:

true if the match should be prohibited.