com.aliasi.coref.matchers
Class EntityTypeMatch

java.lang.Object
  com.aliasi.coref.BooleanMatcherAdapter
      com.aliasi.coref.matchers.EntityTypeMatch

All Implemented Interfaces:

Matcher

public class EntityTypeMatch
extends BooleanMatcherAdapter

Implements a matching function that returns the score specified in the constructor if the mention has the specified entity type.

Since:

LingPipe1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.aliasi.coref.Matcher

MAX_DISTANCE_SCORE, MAX_SCORE, MAX_SEMANTIC_SCORE, NO_MATCH_SCORE

Constructor Summary

EntityTypeMatch(int score, String entityType)
Construct an instance of an entity type matcher that returns the specified score for a match against a mention of the specified type.

Method Summary

boolean

matchBoolean(Mention mention, MentionChain chain) Returns true if the mention has the type that was specified in the constructor.

Methods inherited from class com.aliasi.coref.BooleanMatcherAdapter

match

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EntityTypeMatch

public EntityTypeMatch(int score,
                       String entityType)

Construct an instance of an entity type matcher that returns the specified score for a match against a mention of the specified type.

Parameters:

score - Score to return if there is a match.

entityType - Entity type of mention resulting in a match.

Method Detail

matchBoolean

public boolean matchBoolean(Mention mention,
                            MentionChain chain)

Returns true if the mention has the type that was specified in the constructor.

Specified by:

matchBoolean in class BooleanMatcherAdapter

Parameters:

mention - Mention to match.

chain - Mention chain to match.

Returns:

true if the mention has the specified type.