edu.nyu.jet.aceJet

Class AceEntityMention

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.aceJet.AceMention

edu.nyu.jet.aceJet.AceEntityMention

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

public class AceEntityMention
extends AceMention

an Ace Entity Mention, with information from the APF ACE key. The 'id', 'extent', 'jetExtent', and 'text' fields are inherited from its superclass, AceMention.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
AceEntity	entity the entity of which this is a mention.
Span	head the span of the head of the mention, with start and end positions based on the ACE offsets (excluding XML tags).
String	headText the text of the head.
Span	jetHead the span of the head of the mention, with start and end positions based on Jet offsets (and so including following whitespace).
String	type the type of the mention: NAME, NOMINAL, or PRONOUN.

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

extent, id, jetExtent, text

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AceEntityMention(Element mentionElement, String fileText) create an AceEntityMention from the information in the APF file.
AceEntityMention(String id, String type, Span extent, Span head, String fileText)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Span	convertSpan(Span jetSpan, String fileText) converts a jet Span to an APF span.
boolean	equals(Object o) returns 'true' if 'o' is an AceEntityMention with the same head span.
String	getHeadText()
Span	getJetHead()
AceEventArgumentValue	getParent() returns the entity of which this is a mention.
String	getType() the type (of the parent entity, value, or timex).

Methods inherited from class edu.nyu.jet.aceJet.AceMention

compareTo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

type

public String type

the type of the mention: NAME, NOMINAL, or PRONOUN.

head

public Span head

the span of the head of the mention, with start and end positions based on the ACE offsets (excluding XML tags).

jetHead

public Span jetHead

the span of the head of the mention, with start and end positions based on Jet offsets (and so including following whitespace).

headText

public String headText

the text of the head.

entity

public AceEntity entity

the entity of which this is a mention.

Constructor Detail

AceEntityMention

public AceEntityMention(String id,
                String type,
                Span extent,
                Span head,
                String fileText)

AceEntityMention

public AceEntityMention(Element mentionElement,
                String fileText)

create an AceEntityMention from the information in the APF file.

Parameters:

mentionElement - the XML element from the APF file containing information about this mention

fileText - the text of the document, including XML tags

Method Detail

convertSpan

public static Span convertSpan(Span jetSpan,
               String fileText)

converts a jet Span to an APF span. The end of the APF span does not include trailing whitespace, and points to the last character, not one past the last character.

getParent

public AceEventArgumentValue getParent()

returns the entity of which this is a mention.

Specified by:

getParent in class AceMention

getType

public String getType()

Description copied from class: AceMention

the type (of the parent entity, value, or timex).

Specified by:

getType in class AceMention

getJetHead

public Span getJetHead()

Overrides:

getJetHead in class AceMention

getHeadText

public String getHeadText()

Overrides:

getHeadText in class AceMention

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

returns 'true' if 'o' is an AceEntityMention with the same head span.

Overrides:

equals in class Object