com.articulate.sigma.nlg

Class Sentence

java.lang.Object

com.articulate.sigma.nlg.Sentence

public class Sentence
extends java.lang.Object

A structure allowing one Subject-Verb-Object element in a sentence to "know" about the others.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Sentence(com.google.common.collect.Multimap<CaseRole,java.lang.String> roles, SumoProcess process, KB inKB, com.google.common.collect.Multimap<java.lang.String,SumoProcessEntityProperty> properties) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SVOElement	getDirectObject()
java.util.List<SVOElement>	getIndirectObjects()
SVOElement	getSubject()
SumoProcess	getVerb()
void	setCaseRolesScratchpad(com.google.common.collect.Multimap<CaseRole,java.lang.String> roles) Set the case roles scratch pad with the given case roles.
void	setDirectObject(SVOElement directObject)
void	setIndirectObjects(java.util.List<SVOElement> indirectObjects)
void	setSubject(SVOElement subject)
void	setVerb(SumoProcess verb)
java.lang.String	toNaturalLanguage() Attempt to perform natural language generation on this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Sentence

public Sentence(com.google.common.collect.Multimap<CaseRole,java.lang.String> roles,
                SumoProcess process,
                KB inKB,
                com.google.common.collect.Multimap<java.lang.String,SumoProcessEntityProperty> properties)

Constructor.

Parameters:

roles -

process -

inKB -

properties -

Method Detail

getSubject

public SVOElement getSubject()

Returns:

setSubject

public void setSubject(SVOElement subject)

Parameters:

subject -

getVerb

public SumoProcess getVerb()

Returns:

setVerb

public void setVerb(SumoProcess verb)

Parameters:

verb -

getDirectObject

public SVOElement getDirectObject()

Returns:

setDirectObject

public void setDirectObject(SVOElement directObject)

Parameters:

directObject -

getIndirectObjects

public java.util.List<SVOElement> getIndirectObjects()

Returns:

setIndirectObjects

public void setIndirectObjects(java.util.List<SVOElement> indirectObjects)

Parameters:

indirectObjects -

setCaseRolesScratchpad

public void setCaseRolesScratchpad(com.google.common.collect.Multimap<CaseRole,java.lang.String> roles)

Set the case roles scratch pad with the given case roles.

Parameters:

roles -

toNaturalLanguage

public java.lang.String toNaturalLanguage()

Attempt to perform natural language generation on this object.

Returns:

a sentence in natural language, or empty string on failure