prajna.text

Class PartOfSpeechTag

java.lang.Object

prajna.text.PartOfSpeechTag

Direct Known Subclasses:

Phrase

public class PartOfSpeechTag
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a word that has been tagged with a part of speech tag. This class includes hooks for parts of speech and word senses. It is designed to be lightweight, usable in lists.

Author:

Edward Swing

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PartOfSpeechTag(java.lang.String term, java.lang.String posTag) Create a PartOfSpeech tag for the given term, with the given tag.
PartOfSpeechTag(java.lang.String term, java.lang.String posTag, PartOfSpeech partOfSpeech) Create a PartOfSpeech tag for the given word, with the given tag and PartOfSpeech tag.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PartOfSpeech	getPartOfSpeech() Get the part of speech for the word
int	getSense() Get the sense for the word.
java.lang.String	getTag() get the part of speech tag for the word
java.lang.String	getWord() Get the word
void	setSense(int senseId) Set the sense for the word.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a String representation of this PartOfSpeechTag object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PartOfSpeechTag

public PartOfSpeechTag(java.lang.String term,
               java.lang.String posTag)

Create a PartOfSpeech tag for the given term, with the given tag. The tag can be either a simple letter or a tag from the Brown Corpus.

Parameters:

term - the word or term

posTag - the Part of Speech tag

PartOfSpeechTag

public PartOfSpeechTag(java.lang.String term,
               java.lang.String posTag,
               PartOfSpeech partOfSpeech)

Create a PartOfSpeech tag for the given word, with the given tag and PartOfSpeech tag. The tag can be either a simple letter or a tag from the Brown Corpus. This constructor is designed for use when the word has a different part of speech due to its usage, for instance gerunds.

Parameters:

term - the word or term

posTag - the Part of Speech tag

partOfSpeech - the PartOfSpeech

Method Detail

getPartOfSpeech

public PartOfSpeech getPartOfSpeech()

Get the part of speech for the word

Returns:

the part of speech

getSense

public int getSense()

Get the sense for the word. This can be used for words with multiple meanings

Returns:

the sense id for the word

getTag

public java.lang.String getTag()

get the part of speech tag for the word

Returns:

the part of speech tag

getWord

public java.lang.String getWord()

Get the word

Returns:

the word

setSense

public void setSense(int senseId)

Set the sense for the word. This can be used for words with multiple meanings

Parameters:

senseId - the sense id for the word

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a String representation of this PartOfSpeechTag object

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of this object