it.unitn.disi.smatch.oracles
Interface ILinguisticOracle

All Known Implementing Classes:

WordNet

public interface ILinguisticOracle

Interface to Linguistic Oracle

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getBaseForm(java.lang.String deriviation) Returns base form (lemma) of a word.
ISynset	getISynset(java.lang.String source) Returns a synset given its id.
java.util.Vector<java.lang.String>	getSenses(java.lang.String word) Returns all senses of a word.
boolean	isEqual(java.lang.String str1, java.lang.String str2) Checks if lemmas of two strings are equal (e.

Method Detail

getISynset

ISynset getISynset(java.lang.String source)

Returns a synset given its id.

Parameters:

source - synset id

Returns:

synset

isEqual

boolean isEqual(java.lang.String str1,
                java.lang.String str2)

Checks if lemmas of two strings are equal (e. g. the string are the same modulo inflections)

Parameters:

str1 - source string

str2 - target string

Returns:

true if lemmas are equal

getSenses

java.util.Vector<java.lang.String> getSenses(java.lang.String word)

Returns all senses of a word.

Parameters:

word - a word

Returns:

word senses

getBaseForm

java.lang.String getBaseForm(java.lang.String deriviation)

Returns base form (lemma) of a word.

Parameters:

deriviation - derivation to lemmatize

Returns:

base form of a derivation