edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.ner.ExpressiveFeatures

Class TreeGazetteers

java.lang.Object

edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.ner.ExpressiveFeatures.TreeGazetteers

All Implemented Interfaces:

Gazetteers

public class TreeGazetteers
extends Object
implements Gazetteers

This singleton class contains all the gazetteer data and dictionaries. Can only be accessed via the get() method all constructors are private.

Author:

redman

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	annotate(NEWord startword) Search each gazetteer for a contiguous set of matching words to form the longest possible expression (up to 5 words) matching an entry in any gazetteer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

annotate

public void annotate(NEWord startword)

Search each gazetteer for a contiguous set of matching words to form the longest possible expression (up to 5 words) matching an entry in any gazetteer. Matching begins with this word and preceeds till the end of the sentence (or null word.next in any event).

Specified by:

annotate in interface Gazetteers

Parameters:

startword - the word to match around.