com.aliasi.coref

Class MentionChainImpl

java.lang.Object

com.aliasi.coref.AbstractMentionChain

com.aliasi.coref.MentionChainImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

MentionChain

public class MentionChainImpl
extends AbstractMentionChain

An implementation of mention chains.

Since:

LingPipe1.0

Version:

3.9.1

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MentionChainImpl(Mention mention, int offset, int id) Construct a mention chain implementation containing the single specified mention at the specified offset, assigning the chain the specified identifier.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	add(Mention mention) Adds the specified mention appearing at the specified sentence offset to this mention chain.
Killer[]	killers() The killing functions defined for this mention chain.
Matcher[]	matchers() The matching functions defined for this mention chain.

Methods inherited from class com.aliasi.coref.AbstractMentionChain

add, addHonorific, entityType, equals, equals, gender, hashCode, honorifics, identifier, killed, matchScore, maxSentenceOffset, mentions, setEntityType, setGender, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MentionChainImpl

public MentionChainImpl(Mention mention,
                int offset,
                int id)

Construct a mention chain implementation containing the single specified mention at the specified offset, assigning the chain the specified identifier.

Parameters:

mention - Mention to add to mention chain.

offset - Sentence offset of mention in document.

id - Identifier for resulting mention chain.

Method Detail

matchers

public Matcher[] matchers()

The matching functions defined for this mention chain.

Specified by:

matchers in class AbstractMentionChain

Returns:

The matching functiosn for this mention chain.

killers

public Killer[] killers()

The killing functions defined for this mention chain.

Specified by:

killers in class AbstractMentionChain

Returns:

The killing functions for this mention chain.

add

protected void add(Mention mention)

Adds the specified mention appearing at the specified sentence offset to this mention chain. Computes the new set of matchers for this descriptor, as well as setting the gender if the specified mention resolves it.

Overrides:

add in class AbstractMentionChain

Parameters:

mention - Mention to add to this chain.