opennlp.tools.coref.mention
Class Mention

java.lang.Object
  opennlp.tools.coref.mention.Mention

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Context

public class Mention
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable

Data strucure representation of a mention.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	nameType A string representing the name type for this extent.
protected Parse	parse The parse node that this extent is based on.
protected java.lang.String	type A string representing the type of this extent.

Constructor Summary

Mention(Mention mention)

Mention(Span span, Span headSpan, int entityId, Parse parse, java.lang.String extentType)

Mention(Span span, Span headSpan, int entityId, Parse parse, java.lang.String extentType, java.lang.String nameType)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
Span	getHeadSpan() Returns the character offsets for the head of this extent.
int	getId() Returns the id associated with this mention.
java.lang.String	getNameType() Returns the named-entity category associated with this mention.
Parse	getParse() Returns the parse node that this extent is based on.
Span	getSpan() Returns the character offsets for this extent.
void	setId(int i) Associates an id with this mention.
protected void	setNameType(java.lang.String nameType) Specifies the named-entity category associated with this mention.
void	setParse(Parse parse) Specifies the parse for this mention.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

type

protected java.lang.String type

A string representing the type of this extent. This is helpfull for determining which piece of code created a particular extent.

parse

protected Parse parse

The parse node that this extent is based on.

nameType

protected java.lang.String nameType

A string representing the name type for this extent.

Constructor Detail

Mention

public Mention(Span span,
               Span headSpan,
               int entityId,
               Parse parse,
               java.lang.String extentType)

Mention

public Mention(Span span,
               Span headSpan,
               int entityId,
               Parse parse,
               java.lang.String extentType,
               java.lang.String nameType)

Mention

public Mention(Mention mention)

Method Detail

getSpan

public Span getSpan()

Returns the character offsets for this extent.

Returns:

The span representing the character offsets of this extent.

getHeadSpan

public Span getHeadSpan()

Returns the character offsets for the head of this extent.

Returns:

The span representing the character offsets for the head of this extent.

getParse

public Parse getParse()

Returns the parse node that this extent is based on.

Returns:

The parse node that this extent is based on or null if the extent is newly created.

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

setParse

public void setParse(Parse parse)

Specifies the parse for this mention.

Parameters:

parse - The parse for this mention.

getNameType

public java.lang.String getNameType()

Returns the named-entity category associated with this mention.

Returns:

the named-entity category associated with this mention.

setNameType

protected void setNameType(java.lang.String nameType)

Specifies the named-entity category associated with this mention.

Parameters:

nameType - the named-entity category associated with this mention.

setId

public void setId(int i)

Associates an id with this mention.

Parameters:

i - The id for this mention.

getId

public int getId()

Returns the id associated with this mention.

Returns:

the id associated with this mention.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object