opennlp.tools.coref.resolver
Class AbstractResolver

java.lang.Object
  opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.AbstractResolver

All Implemented Interfaces:

Resolver

Direct Known Subclasses:

MaxentResolver, PerfectResolver

public abstract class AbstractResolver
extends Object
implements Resolver

Default implementation of some methods in the Resolver interface.

Constructor Summary

AbstractResolver(int neb)

Method Summary

DiscourseEntity	retain(MentionContext mention, DiscourseModel dm) Uses the specified mention and discourse model to train this resolver.
void	setNumberSentencesBack(int nsb) Specifies the number of sentences back this resolver should look for a referent.
void	train() Retrains model on examples for which retain was called.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.Resolver

canResolve, resolve

Constructor Detail

AbstractResolver

public AbstractResolver(int neb)

Method Detail

setNumberSentencesBack

public void setNumberSentencesBack(int nsb)

Specifies the number of sentences back this resolver should look for a referent.

Parameters:

nsb - the number of sentences back this resolver should look for a referent.

retain

public DiscourseEntity retain(MentionContext mention,
                              DiscourseModel dm)

Description copied from interface: Resolver

Uses the specified mention and discourse model to train this resolver. All mentions sent to this method need to have their id fields set to indicate coreference relationships.

Specified by:

retain in interface Resolver

Parameters:

mention - The mention which is being used for training.

dm - the discourse model.

Returns:

the discourse entity which is referred to by the referring expression or null if no discourse entity is referenced.

train

public void train()
           throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Resolver

Retrains model on examples for which retain was called.

Specified by:

train in interface Resolver

Throws:

IOException