edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nesim.utils

Class SpellingCorrector

java.lang.Object

edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nesim.utils.SpellingCorrector

public class SpellingCorrector
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SpellingCorrector()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HashSet<String>	correctSpelling(String word) Corrects spelling of @word i.e.
static void	main(String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SpellingCorrector

public SpellingCorrector()

Method Detail

correctSpelling

public HashSet<String> correctSpelling(String word)

Corrects spelling of @word i.e. returns a set of possible corrections for @word. For e.g. ["packistan"] => [{"pakestan", "pakistan"}] It currently returns all entities that are 1 edit distance away from @word + all entities that are 2 edit distance away from @word and whose soundex code matches with @word The edit distance used is DameraoLevenstein. If the list is empty, it returns the entity that is closest from @word. This spelling correction currently handles entities of types PER and LOC. It uses the list of entities present in the files "DbpediaPersons.txt" and "GeoPlaces.txt" as a Knowledge Base.

Parameters:

word -

Returns:

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException