edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.partsofspeech

Class PartOfSpeech

java.lang.Object

edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.partsofspeech.PartOfSpeech

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable

public class PartOfSpeech
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

A part of speech.

This is a base class for parts of speech.

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All part of speech entries have the following attributes:

• A tag, e.g., "np1" for an singular proper name.
• A word class for the part of speech.
• A major word class for the part of speech.
• An optional general tag name for the part of speech.
• An optional description of the part of speech.
• An optional lemmatization class for the part of speech.

The general tag name allows reference to a few important tags in a tag set independent fashion. General tag names are defined as follows.

General tag name	Meaning
noun-singular	Tag for a singular noun.
noun-plural	Tag for a plural noun.	noun-proper-singular	Tag for a singular proper noun.
noun-proper-plural	Tag for a plural proper noun.
numeral-cardinal	Tag for a cardinal number.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.lang.String	description Description.
protected java.lang.String	generalTagName General tag name.
protected java.lang.String	lemmaWordClass Lemma word class.
protected java.lang.String	majorWordClass Major word class.
protected java.lang.String	tag Tag.
protected java.lang.String	wordClass Word class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PartOfSpeech() Creates a new part of speech.
PartOfSpeech(java.lang.String tag, java.lang.String wordClass, java.lang.String majorWordClass, java.lang.String lemmaWordClass, java.lang.String generalTagName, java.lang.String description) Creates a new part of speech.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object object) Compare this object to another.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Returns true if some other object is equal to this one.
java.lang.String	getDescription() Gets the description.
java.lang.String	getGeneralTagName() Gets the general tag name.
java.lang.String	getLemmaWordClass() Gets the lemma word class.
java.lang.String	getMajorWordClass() Gets the major word class.
java.lang.String	getTag() Gets the tag.
java.lang.String	getWordClass() Gets the word class.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code for the object.
void	setDescription(java.lang.String description) Sets the description.
void	setGeneralTagName(java.lang.String generalTagName) Sets the general tag name.
void	setLemmaWordClass(java.lang.String lemmaWordClass) Sets the lemma word class.
void	setMajorWordClass(java.lang.String majorWordClass) Sets the major word class.
void	setTag(java.lang.String tag) Sets the tag.
void	setWordClass(java.lang.String wordClass) Sets the word class.
java.lang.String	toString() Gets a string representation of the part of speech.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

tag

protected java.lang.String tag

Tag.

wordClass

protected java.lang.String wordClass

Word class.

majorWordClass

protected java.lang.String majorWordClass

Major word class.

generalTagName

protected java.lang.String generalTagName

General tag name.

description

protected java.lang.String description

Description.

lemmaWordClass

protected java.lang.String lemmaWordClass

Lemma word class.

Constructor Detail

PartOfSpeech

public PartOfSpeech()

Creates a new part of speech.

PartOfSpeech

public PartOfSpeech(java.lang.String tag,
            java.lang.String wordClass,
            java.lang.String majorWordClass,
            java.lang.String lemmaWordClass,
            java.lang.String generalTagName,
            java.lang.String description)

Creates a new part of speech.

Parameters:

tag - Tag name.

wordClass - The word class.

majorWordClass - The major word class.

lemmaWordClass - The lemma word class.

generalTagName - The general tag name.

description - The description.

Method Detail

getTag

public java.lang.String getTag()

Gets the tag.

Returns:

The tag.

setTag

public void setTag(java.lang.String tag)

Sets the tag.

Parameters:

tag - The tag.

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Gets the description.

Returns:

The description, or null if none.

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)

Sets the description.

Parameters:

description - Description. May be empty.

getWordClass

public java.lang.String getWordClass()

Gets the word class.

Returns:

The word class. May be empty.

setWordClass

public void setWordClass(java.lang.String wordClass)

Sets the word class.

Parameters:

wordClass - The word class.

getMajorWordClass

public java.lang.String getMajorWordClass()

Gets the major word class.

Returns:

The major word class. May be empty.

setMajorWordClass

public void setMajorWordClass(java.lang.String majorWordClass)

Sets the major word class.

Parameters:

majorWordClass - The major word class.

getGeneralTagName

public java.lang.String getGeneralTagName()

Gets the general tag name.

Returns:

The general tag name. May be empty.

setGeneralTagName

public void setGeneralTagName(java.lang.String generalTagName)

Sets the general tag name.

Parameters:

generalTagName - The general tag name.

getLemmaWordClass

public java.lang.String getLemmaWordClass()

Gets the lemma word class.

Returns:

The lemma word class. May be empty.

setLemmaWordClass

public void setLemmaWordClass(java.lang.String lemmaWordClass)

Sets the lemma word class.

Parameters:

lemmaWordClass - The lemma word class.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Gets a string representation of the part of speech.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

The tag information as a string.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Returns true if some other object is equal to this one.

The two parts of speech are equal if their classes and tags are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - The other object.

Returns:

True if this object equals the other object.

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object object)

Compare this object to another.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

object - Other object.

We only compare the tags.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for the object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

The hash code.