fido.linguistic
Class Resolver

java.lang.Object
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  +--fido.linguistic.Resolver

public class Resolver

extends java.lang.Object

Looks at each Noun type phrase, either nouns or pronouns, and passes off processing to either Noun Resolver or Pronoun Resolver.

Nouns should be resolved depth first, meaning, noun phrases in prepositional phrases modifying a noun should be resolved before the noun phrase is resolved. For example, The dog in the house. The noun phrase the house will be resolved before the dog.

See Also:

NounResolver, PronounResolver

Constructor Summary

Resolver(Discourse discourse)
Creates a new Resolver instance.

Method Summary

void	resolveNouns(java.util.Vector clauses) Resolves all noun phrases in each Clause object in the clauses Vector parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Resolver

public Resolver(Discourse discourse)

Creates a new Resolver instance.

Parameters:

discourse - Discourse object used in resolving nouns

Method Detail

resolveNouns

public void resolveNouns(java.util.Vector clauses)
                  throws FidoException

Resolves all noun phrases in each Clause object in the clauses Vector parameter. Each NounPhrase class will be replaced with a ResolvedNoun class in the structure.

1. From the Clause class, get the VerbPhrase class.
2. For each prepositional phrase modifying the Verb, pass the NounPhrase to either the NounResolver or PronounResolver.
3. From the Clause class, look at the associated Noun classes.
4. If the instanceof operator returns a NounPhrase, pass the NounPhrase object to the Noun Resolver module.
5. If the instanceof operator returns a Pronoun, pass the Pronoun object to the Pronoun Resolver module.

Parameters:

clauses - Vector of Clause objects to process

Throws:

FidoException - General exception thrown if the Sentence could not be processed. The exception will contain a wrapped exception that is the root cause.

See Also:

NounResolver, PronounResolver, Clause, NounPhrase, ResolvedNoun