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| |
| package opennlp.tools.coref.mention; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface to provide dictionary information to the coreference module assuming a |
| * hierarchically structured dictionary (such as WordNet) is available. |
| */ |
| public interface Dictionary { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the lemmas of the specified word with the specified part-of-speech. |
| * |
| * @param word The word whose lemmas are desired. |
| * @param pos The part-of-speech of the specified word. |
| * @return The lemmas of the specified word given the specified part-of-speech. |
| */ |
| public String[] getLemmas(String word, String pos); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a key indicating the specified sense number of the specified |
| * lemma with the specified part-of-speech. |
| * |
| * @param lemma The lemmas for which the key is desired. |
| * @param pos The pos for which the key is desired. |
| * @param senseNumber The sense number for which the key is desired. |
| * @return a key indicating the specified sense number of the specified |
| * lemma with the specified part-of-speech. |
| */ |
| public String getSenseKey(String lemma, String pos, int senseNumber); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the number of senses in the dictionary for the specified lemma. |
| * |
| * @param lemma A lemmatized form of the word to look up. |
| * @param pos The part-of-speech for the lemma. |
| * @return the number of senses in the dictionary for the specified lemma. |
| */ |
| public int getNumSenses(String lemma, String pos); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an array of keys for each parent of the specified sense number |
| * of the specified lemma with the specified part-of-speech. |
| * |
| * @param lemma A lemmatized form of the word to look up. |
| * @param pos The part-of-speech for the lemma. |
| * @param senseNumber The sense number for which the parent keys are desired. |
| * @return an array of keys for each parent of the specified sense number of |
| * the specified lemma with the specified part-of-speech. |
| */ |
| public String[] getParentSenseKeys(String lemma, String pos, int senseNumber); |
| } |