com.articulate.sigma.nlg

Class SumoProcess

java.lang.Object

com.articulate.sigma.nlg.SumoProcess

public class SumoProcess
extends java.lang.Object

Handles verb functionality for a SUMO process.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SumoProcess(java.lang.String verb, KB kb)
SumoProcess(SumoProcess process, KB kb)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	formulateNaturalVerb(Sentence sentence) Try to phrase the verb into natural language, setting this object's internal state appropriately.
java.lang.String	getSurfaceForm()
java.lang.String	getVerb()
static java.lang.String	getVerbRootForm(java.lang.String gerund) Get the root of the given verb.
void	setPolarity(VerbProperties.Polarity polarity)
java.lang.String	toString() Indirectly invoked by SumoProcessCollector.toString( ).
static java.lang.String	verbRootToThirdPersonSingular(java.lang.String verbRoot)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SumoProcess

public SumoProcess(SumoProcess process,
                   KB kb)

SumoProcess

public SumoProcess(java.lang.String verb,
                   KB kb)

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Indirectly invoked by SumoProcessCollector.toString( ).

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

getSurfaceForm

public java.lang.String getSurfaceForm()

Returns:

formulateNaturalVerb

public void formulateNaturalVerb(Sentence sentence)

Try to phrase the verb into natural language, setting this object's internal state appropriately.

Parameters:

sentence -

getVerb

public java.lang.String getVerb()

Returns:

setPolarity

public void setPolarity(VerbProperties.Polarity polarity)

verbRootToThirdPersonSingular

public static java.lang.String verbRootToThirdPersonSingular(java.lang.String verbRoot)

Parameters:

verbRoot -

Returns:

getVerbRootForm

public static java.lang.String getVerbRootForm(java.lang.String gerund)

Get the root of the given verb.

Parameters:

gerund - the verb in gerund (-ing) form.

Returns:

the root of the given verb, or null if not found