edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.namerecognizer

Interface NameRecognizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNameRecognizer, DefaultNameRecognizer

public interface NameRecognizer

Interface for a Name Recognizer.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends AdornedWord> java.util.List<NamePosition>[]	findNamePositions(java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> sentences) Returns name positions in list of adorned word sentences.
<T extends AdornedWord> java.util.Set<java.lang.String>[]	findNames(java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> sentences) Returns names from list of adorned word sentences.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>[]	findNames(java.lang.String text) Returns names from text.
Lexicon	getLexicon() Get the lexicon.
PartOfSpeechTagger	getPartOfSpeechTagger() Get part of speech tagger.
void	setLexicon(Lexicon lexicon) Set the lexicon.
void	setPartOfSpeechTagger(PartOfSpeechTagger partOfSpeechTagger) Set part of speech tagger.

Method Detail

getLexicon

Lexicon getLexicon()

Get the lexicon.

Returns:

The lexicon. May be null if name recognizer does not use a lexicon.

setLexicon

void setLexicon(Lexicon lexicon)

Set the lexicon.

Parameters:

lexicon - Lexicon used for name recognition.

getPartOfSpeechTagger

PartOfSpeechTagger getPartOfSpeechTagger()

Get part of speech tagger.

Returns:

The part of speech tagger.

setPartOfSpeechTagger

void setPartOfSpeechTagger(PartOfSpeechTagger partOfSpeechTagger)

Set part of speech tagger.

Parameters:

partOfSpeechTagger - The part of speech tagger.

findNames

java.util.Set<java.lang.String>[] findNames(java.lang.String text)

Returns names from text.

Parameters:

text - The text from which to extract names.

Returns:

Array of string sets containing names and places. [0] = Set of proper names. [1] = Set of places.

findNames

<T extends AdornedWord> java.util.Set<java.lang.String>[] findNames(java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> sentences)

Returns names from list of adorned word sentences.

Parameters:

sentences - The list of sentences of adorned words from which to extract names.

Returns:

Array of string sets containing names and places. [0] = Set of proper names. [1] = Set of places.

findNamePositions

<T extends AdornedWord> java.util.List<NamePosition>[] findNamePositions(java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> sentences)

Returns name positions in list of adorned word sentences.

Parameters:

sentences - The list of sentences of adorned words from which to extract names.

Returns:

Array of Set of names and places. [0] = Set of proper names. [1] = Set of places.