edu.nyu.jet.aceJet

Class AcePatternNode

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.aceJet.AcePatternNode

public class AcePatternNode
extends Object

a component of an EventPattern which matches an argument of the event, an AceMention.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AcePatternNode(AceMention mention)
AcePatternNode(String s) create an AcePatternNode from a line produced by the 'write' method.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
AceMention	getMatchedMention()
int	hashCode()
int	match(AceMention m) returns a score reflecting the degree of match (similarity) between this node and mention 'm'.
AceMention	matchFromLeft(int posn, Document doc, AceDocument aceDoc) looks for an entity mention matching the AcePatternNode starting at position posn in Document doc.
AceMention	matchFromRight(int posn, Document doc, AceDocument aceDoc) looks for an entity mention matching the AcePatternNode ending at position posn in Document doc.
int	matchOnHead(int posn, Document doc, AceDocument aceDoc) looks for an entity mention matching the AcePatternNode whose head begins at position posn in Document doc.
String	toString()
void	write(PrintWriter pw)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AcePatternNode

public AcePatternNode(AceMention mention)

AcePatternNode

public AcePatternNode(String s)

create an AcePatternNode from a line produced by the 'write' method.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

write

public void write(PrintWriter pw)

match

public int match(AceMention m)

returns a score reflecting the degree of match (similarity) between this node and mention 'm'.

matchFromLeft

public AceMention matchFromLeft(int posn,
                       Document doc,
                       AceDocument aceDoc)

looks for an entity mention matching the AcePatternNode starting at position posn in Document doc. Returns the entity mention if one is found (in the AceDocument aceDoc), otherwise null.

matchFromRight

public AceMention matchFromRight(int posn,
                        Document doc,
                        AceDocument aceDoc)

looks for an entity mention matching the AcePatternNode ending at position posn in Document doc. Returns the entity mention if one is found (in the AceDocument aceDoc), otherwise null.

matchOnHead

public int matchOnHead(int posn,
              Document doc,
              AceDocument aceDoc)

looks for an entity mention matching the AcePatternNode whose head begins at position posn in Document doc. Returns the entity mention if one is found (in the AceDocument aceDoc), otherwise null.

getMatchedMention

public AceMention getMatchedMention()