opennlp.tools.coref.resolver
Class ProperNounResolver

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Resolver

public class ProperNounResolver
extends MaxentResolver

Resolves coreference between proper nouns.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.MaxentResolver

DEFAULT, DIFF, SAME

Constructor Summary

ProperNounResolver(String projectName, ResolverMode m)

ProperNounResolver(String projectName, ResolverMode m, NonReferentialResolver nonRefResolver)

Method Summary

boolean	canResolve(MentionContext mention) Returns true if this resolver is able to resolve the referring expression of the same type as the specified mention.
boolean	excluded(MentionContext mention, DiscourseEntity entity) Excludes entities which you are not compatible with the entity under consideration.

Methods inherited from class opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.MaxentResolver

resolve, retain, setSimilarityModel, train

Methods inherited from class opennlp.tools.coref.resolver.AbstractResolver

setNumberSentencesBack

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProperNounResolver

public ProperNounResolver(String projectName,
                          ResolverMode m)
                   throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

ProperNounResolver

public ProperNounResolver(String projectName,
                          ResolverMode m,
                          NonReferentialResolver nonRefResolver)
                   throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

canResolve

public boolean canResolve(MentionContext mention)

Description copied from interface: Resolver

Returns true if this resolver is able to resolve the referring expression of the same type as the specified mention.

Parameters:

mention - The mention being considered for resolution.

Returns:

true if the resolver handles this type of referring expression, false otherwise.

excluded

public boolean excluded(MentionContext mention,
                        DiscourseEntity entity)

Description copied from class: AbstractResolver

Excludes entities which you are not compatible with the entity under consideration. The default implementation excludes entities whose last extent contains the extent under consideration. This prevents possessive pronouns from referring to the noun phrases they modify and other undesirable things.

Parameters:

mention - The mention which is being considered as referential.

entity - The entity to which the mention is to be resolved.

Returns:

true if the entity should be excluded, false otherwise.