com.aliasi.coref.matchers
Class GenderKiller

java.lang.Object
  com.aliasi.coref.matchers.GenderKiller

All Implemented Interfaces:

Killer

public class GenderKiller
extends Object
implements Killer

Implements a killing function that defeats a match of a mention against a mention chain with an incompatible gender.

Since:

LingPipe1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Constructor Summary

GenderKiller()
Construct a new gender killer.

Method Summary

boolean

kill(Mention mention, MentionChain chain) Returns true if the specified mention and mention chain have incompatible genders.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenderKiller

public GenderKiller()

Construct a new gender killer.

Method Detail

kill

public boolean kill(Mention mention,
                    MentionChain chain)

Returns true if the specified mention and mention chain have incompatible genders. Genders are incompatible if they are both non-null, but not equals.

Specified by:

kill in interface Killer

Parameters:

mention - Mention to test.

chain - Mention chain to test.

Returns:

true if the specified mention and chain have incompatible genders.