com.aliasi.coref.matchers
Class HonorificConflictKiller

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Killer

public class HonorificConflictKiller
extends Object
implements Killer

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

Since:

LingPipe1.0

Version:

3.8

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Constructor Summary

HonorificConflictKiller()
Construct a new honorific killer.

Method Summary

boolean

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HonorificConflictKiller

public HonorificConflictKiller()

Construct a new honorific killer.

Method Detail

kill

public boolean kill(Mention mention,
                    MentionChain chain)

Returns true if the specified mention and mention chain have incompatible honorifics. Honorifics are determined to be honorific according to the

Specified by:

kill in interface Killer

Parameters:

mention - Mention to match.

chain - Mention chain to match.

Returns:

true if the match should be prohibited.