edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nesim.data

Class HonorificManager

java.lang.Object

edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nesim.data.HonorificManager

public class HonorificManager
extends Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	GENDER_EITHER
static String	GENDER_FEMALE
static String	GENDER_MALE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HonorificManager(String honorificFileName) Constructor to initialize a HonorificManager object, which is used to determine if a string or a pair of strings should be assigned type PER.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isHonorific(String str) Returns true if the string parameter is a honorific.
boolean	isMatching(String hono1, String hono2)
void	readHonorificFile() Reads the file and stores the list of known honorific strings in a HashMap.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

GENDER_EITHER

public static final String GENDER_EITHER

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Constant Field Values

GENDER_MALE

public static final String GENDER_MALE

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Constant Field Values

GENDER_FEMALE

public static final String GENDER_FEMALE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

HonorificManager

public HonorificManager(String honorificFileName)
                 throws IOException

Constructor to initialize a HonorificManager object, which is used to determine if a string or a pair of strings should be assigned type PER.

Parameters:

honorificFileName - File name to obtain list of honorific strings

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

readHonorificFile

public void readHonorificFile()
                       throws IOException

Reads the file and stores the list of known honorific strings in a HashMap.

Throws:

IOException

isHonorific

public boolean isHonorific(String str)

Returns true if the string parameter is a honorific.

Parameters:

str - String to be tested whether it is an honorific or not

Returns:

A boolean value (true/false) determining whether the string is an honorific

isMatching

public boolean isMatching(String hono1,
                          String hono2)

Parameters:

hono1 - First honorific string

hono2 - Second honorific string

Returns:

A boolean value (true/false) determining whether the two honorifics are the same with regards to gender and title