fido.db
Class WordSense

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class WordSense

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

A word sense is a way a word can be used. A word may have multiple word senses. A word sense can be multiple parts of speech. For example:

• polish as a verb - Please polish the brass lamp.
• polish as a noun - The polish on the lamp.
• Polish as a proper noun - The Polish people.

Each word sense contains a GrammarString and a pointer to a object in the ObjectTable that represents the word sense.

See Also:

ObjectTable, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

WordSense(BooleanTree grammarTree, java.lang.String grammarString, int object)
Constructs a new WordSense with the GrammarString grammarString and the pointer to an object in the ObjectTable object.

Method Summary

void	addMorphologyTags(java.util.Collection tags) Adds a MorphologyTag to this WordSense.
boolean	containsTag(java.lang.String tag) Looks for a given morphology tag in this Word Sense.
java.lang.String	getGrammarString() Returns the grammar string for this word sense.
BooleanTree	getGrammarTree() Returns the grammar tree for this word sense.
int	getRepresentedObject() Returns the name of the name of the object in the ObjectTable for this word sense represents.
java.lang.String	getRootForm() Returns the root form of the word.
void	setRootForm(java.lang.String str) Sets the root form of the word.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WordSense

public WordSense(BooleanTree grammarTree,
                 java.lang.String grammarString,
                 int object)

Constructs a new WordSense with the GrammarString grammarString and the pointer to an object in the ObjectTable object.

Parameters:

grammarString - String containing the grammar string

grammarTree - BooleanTree representing the grammar string

object - Id of the object in the ObjectList

Throws:

GrammarParseException - thrown if the grammarString cannot be parsed

See Also:

Grammar.insertWord(fido.linguistic.WordPackage)

Method Detail

getGrammarTree

public BooleanTree getGrammarTree()

Returns the grammar tree for this word sense.

Returns:

A BooleanTree of the GrammarString

getGrammarString

public java.lang.String getGrammarString()

Returns the grammar string for this word sense.

Returns:

A String containing the GrammarString

getRepresentedObject

public int getRepresentedObject()

Returns the name of the name of the object in the ObjectTable for this word sense represents.

Returns:

the object id for this WordSense

addMorphologyTags

public void addMorphologyTags(java.util.Collection tags)

Adds a MorphologyTag to this WordSense. If Morphology has to find the root of the word to find it in the DictionaryTable, the tags used to find the root are stored for later processing.

Parameters:

tags - Collection of MorphologyTags used to get the root form of the word

See Also:

LanguageMorphologyTable

containsTag

public boolean containsTag(java.lang.String tag)

Looks for a given morphology tag in this Word Sense. The tag will represent a modification from the surface form.

Returns:

True if the WordSense contains the morphology tag. False otherwise.

setRootForm

public void setRootForm(java.lang.String str)

Sets the root form of the word. The root form is derived from the surface form. The surface form is the actual string from the user input. The root form is realized after any morphology changes.

Parameters:

str - Root form of the word

getRootForm

public java.lang.String getRootForm()

Returns the root form of the word.

Returns:

String containing the root form of the word