edu.nyu.jet.aceJet

Class AceEntity

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.aceJet.AceEventArgumentValue

edu.nyu.jet.aceJet.AceEntity

public class AceEntity
extends AceEventArgumentValue

an Ace Entity, with information from the ACE key. The 'id' field is inherited from its superclass, AceEventArgumentValue.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
String	entClass (for ACE 2004 and later) class of entity: NEG|SPC|GEN|USP
boolean	generic true if the entity is generic (class not SPC)
ArrayList<AceEntityMention>	mentions a list of the mentions of the entity
ArrayList<AceEntityName>	names a list of the names of the entity
String	subtype the subtype of the EDT type; null for pre-2004 annotation.
String	type the EDT type of the entity: PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GPE, LOCATION, or FACILITY; for ACE 2004, also WEAPON or VEHICLE.

Fields inherited from class edu.nyu.jet.aceJet.AceEventArgumentValue

id

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AceEntity(Element entityElement, String fileText) create an AceEntity from the information in the APF file.
AceEntity(String id, String type, String subtype, boolean generic)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addMention(AceEntityMention mention) adds mention 'mention' to the mentions of this entity.
void	addName(AceEntityName name) adds name 'name' to the names associated with this entity.
AceEntityMention	findMention(String id)
void	write(PrintWriter w) writes the entity to 'w' in APF format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

type

public String type

the EDT type of the entity: PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GPE, LOCATION, or FACILITY; for ACE 2004, also WEAPON or VEHICLE.

subtype

public String subtype

the subtype of the EDT type; null for pre-2004 annotation.

entClass

public String entClass

(for ACE 2004 and later) class of entity: NEG|SPC|GEN|USP

generic

public boolean generic

true if the entity is generic (class not SPC)

mentions

public ArrayList<AceEntityMention> mentions

a list of the mentions of the entity

names

public ArrayList<AceEntityName> names

a list of the names of the entity

Constructor Detail

AceEntity

public AceEntity(String id,
         String type,
         String subtype,
         boolean generic)

AceEntity

public AceEntity(Element entityElement,
         String fileText)

create an AceEntity from the information in the APF file.

Parameters:

entityElement - the XML element from the APF file containing information about this entity

fileText - the text of the document, excluding XML tags

Method Detail

addMention

public void addMention(AceEntityMention mention)

adds mention 'mention' to the mentions of this entity.

addName

public void addName(AceEntityName name)

adds name 'name' to the names associated with this entity.

findMention

public AceEntityMention findMention(String id)

write

public void write(PrintWriter w)

writes the entity to 'w' in APF format.