opennlp.tools.coref.resolver
Class IsAResolver

java.lang.Object
  opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.AbstractResolver
      opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.MaxentResolver
          opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.IsAResolver

All Implemented Interfaces:

Resolver

public class IsAResolver
extends MaxentResolver

Resolves coreference between appositives.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.MaxentResolver

DEFAULT, DIFF, nonReferentialResolver, pairedSampleSelection, preferFirstReferent, SAME, useSameModelForNonRef

Fields inherited from class opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.AbstractResolver

distances, numEntitiesBack, numSentencesBack, showExclusions

Constructor Summary

IsAResolver(java.lang.String projectName, ResolverMode m)

IsAResolver(java.lang.String projectName, ResolverMode m, NonReferentialResolver nrr)

Method Summary

boolean	canResolve(MentionContext ec) Returns true if this resolver is able to resolve the referening experession of the same type as the specified mention.
protected boolean	defaultReferent(DiscourseEntity de) Returns whether the specified entity satisfies the criteria for being a default referent.
protected boolean	excluded(MentionContext ec, DiscourseEntity de) Excludes entities which you are not compatible with the entity under consideration.
protected java.util.List	getFeatures(MentionContext mention, DiscourseEntity entity) Returns a list of features for deciding whether the specificed mention refers to the specified discourse entity.
protected boolean	outOfRange(MentionContext ec, DiscourseEntity de) Determines if the specified entity is too far from the specified mention to be resolved to it.

Methods inherited from class opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.MaxentResolver

definiteArticle, getContextFeatures, getDistanceFeatures, getMentionCountFeature, getPronounMatchFeatures, getStringMatchFeatures, getWordFeatures, loadAsResource, loadAsResource, resolve, retain, setSimilarityModel, train

Methods inherited from class opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.AbstractResolver

featureString, getHead, getHeadIndex, getHeadString, getNumEntities, getNumEntities, getPronounGender, setNumberSentencesBack, stripNp

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IsAResolver

public IsAResolver(java.lang.String projectName,
                   ResolverMode m)
            throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

IsAResolver

public IsAResolver(java.lang.String projectName,
                   ResolverMode m,
                   NonReferentialResolver nrr)
            throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

canResolve

public boolean canResolve(MentionContext ec)

Description copied from interface: Resolver

Returns true if this resolver is able to resolve the referening experession of the same type as the specified mention.

Parameters:

ec - The mention being considered for resolution.

Returns:

true if the resolver handles this type of refering expression, false otherwise.

excluded

protected boolean excluded(MentionContext ec,
                           DiscourseEntity de)

Description copied from class: AbstractResolver

Excludes entities which you are not compatible with the entity under consideration. The default implementation excludes entties whose last extent contatins the extent under consideration. This prevents posessive pronouns from refering to the noun phrases they modify and other undesireable things.

Overrides:

excluded in class MaxentResolver

Parameters:

ec - The mention which is being considered as referential.

de - The entity to which the mention is to be resolved.

Returns:

true if the entity should be excluded, false otherwise.

outOfRange

protected boolean outOfRange(MentionContext ec,
                             DiscourseEntity de)

Description copied from class: AbstractResolver

Determines if the specified entity is too far from the specified mention to be resolved to it. Once an entity has been determined to be out of range subsequent entities are not considered. To skip intermediate entities @see excluded.

Overrides:

outOfRange in class AbstractResolver

Parameters:

ec - The mention which is being considered.

de - The entity to which the mention is to be resolved.

Returns:

true is the entity is in range of the mention, false otherwise.

defaultReferent

protected boolean defaultReferent(DiscourseEntity de)

Description copied from class: MaxentResolver

Returns whether the specified entity satisfies the criteria for being a default referent. This criteria is used to perform sample selection on the training data and to select a single non-referent entity. Typcically the criteria is a hueristic for a likly referent.

Overrides:

defaultReferent in class MaxentResolver

Parameters:

de - The discourse entity being considered for non-reference.

Returns:

True if the entity should be used as a default referent, false otherwise.

getFeatures

protected java.util.List getFeatures(MentionContext mention,
                                     DiscourseEntity entity)

Description copied from class: MaxentResolver

Returns a list of features for deciding whether the specificed mention refers to the specified discourse entity.

Overrides:

getFeatures in class MaxentResolver

Parameters:

mention - the mention being considers as possibly referential.

entity - The disource entity with which the mention is being considered referential.

Returns:

a list of features used to predict reference between the specified mention and entity.