dragon.nlp.ontology
Class BasicOntology

java.lang.Object
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  +--dragon.nlp.ontology.AbstractOntology
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        +--dragon.nlp.ontology.BasicOntology

All Implemented Interfaces:

Ontology

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicMeshOntology

public class BasicOntology

extends AbstractOntology

Basic Ontology can be called directly for basic operations of a given ontology

Description:

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2005

Company: IST, Drexel University

Version:

1.0

Author:

Davis Zhou

Constructor Summary

BasicOntology(java.lang.String termFilename, Lemmatiser lemmatiser)

Method Summary

java.util.ArrayList	findAllTerms(Word starting) Finds out all terms beginning with the given word
java.util.ArrayList	findAllTerms(Word starting, Word ending) Finds out all terms between the starting word and the ending word.
Term	findTerm(Word starting) Finds the longest term starting with the given word.
Term	findTerm(Word start, Word end) Finds the longest term starting with given word and ending no later than the given word.
java.lang.String[]	getCUI(java.lang.String term) Gets all possible concept ids the specified term has
java.lang.String[]	getCUI(Word starting, Word ending) Gets all possible concept ids the specified term has
java.lang.String[]	getSemanticType(java.lang.String cui) Gets all possible semantic types of the given concept
java.lang.String[]	getSemanticType(java.lang.String[] cuis) Gets all possible semantic types of the given concepts
boolean	isTerm(java.lang.String term) Tests if the given term is defined in the ontology.
boolean	isTerm(Word starting, Word ending) Tests if the term specified by the starting word and the ending word is a term in the ontology.

Methods inherited from class dragon.nlp.ontology.AbstractOntology

buildString, getAdjectiveTermOption, getCoordinateOption, getLemma, getLemmaOption, getNonBoundaryPunctuation, getNPPOption, getSemanticNet, getSenseDisambiguationOption, getSimilarityMetric, isBoundaryWord, isStartingWord, isUsefulForTerm, setAdjectiveTermOption, setCoordinateOption, setLemmaOption, setNonBoundaryPunctuation, setNPPOption, setSenseDisambiguationOption

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicOntology

public BasicOntology(java.lang.String termFilename,
                     Lemmatiser lemmatiser)

Method Detail

getSemanticType

public java.lang.String[] getSemanticType(java.lang.String[] cuis)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Gets all possible semantic types of the given concepts

Parameters:

cuis - the set of concepts

Returns:

all possible semantic types of the given concepts

getSemanticType

public java.lang.String[] getSemanticType(java.lang.String cui)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Gets all possible semantic types of the given concept

Parameters:

cui - the concept id

Returns:

all possible semantic types of the given concept.

getCUI

public java.lang.String[] getCUI(java.lang.String term)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Gets all possible concept ids the specified term has

Parameters:

term - the term for testing

Returns:

all possible concept ids if the specified term exists in the ontology, otherwise null

getCUI

public java.lang.String[] getCUI(Word starting,
                                 Word ending)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Gets all possible concept ids the specified term has

Parameters:

starting - the starting word of the term.

ending - the ending word of the term.

Returns:

all possible concept ids if the specified term exists in the ontology, otherwise null

isTerm

public boolean isTerm(java.lang.String term)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Tests if the given term is defined in the ontology.

Parameters:

term - the term for testing

Returns:

true if the given term is defined in the ontology.

isTerm

public boolean isTerm(Word starting,
                      Word ending)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Tests if the term specified by the starting word and the ending word is a term in the ontology.

Parameters:

starting - the starting word of the term.

ending - the ending word of the term.

Returns:

true if the term is defined in the ontology.

findTerm

public Term findTerm(Word starting)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Finds the longest term starting with the given word.

Parameters:

starting - the starting word

Returns:

the term if exists, otherwise null

findTerm

public Term findTerm(Word start,
                     Word end)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Finds the longest term starting with given word and ending no later than the given word.

Parameters:

start - the starting word

end - the ending word

Returns:

the term if exists, otherwise null

findAllTerms

public java.util.ArrayList findAllTerms(Word starting)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Finds out all terms beginning with the given word

Parameters:

starting - the starting word

Returns:

a list of terms

findAllTerms

public java.util.ArrayList findAllTerms(Word starting,
                                        Word ending)

Description copied from interface: Ontology

Finds out all terms between the starting word and the ending word.

Parameters:

starting - the starting word

ending - the ending word

Returns:

a list of terms