com.articulate.sigma.nlg

Class SumoProcess

java.lang.Object

com.articulate.sigma.nlg.SumoProcess

public class SumoProcess
extends Object

Handles verb functionality for a SUMO process.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SumoProcess(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.
String	getSurfaceForm()
String	getVerb()
static String	getVerbRootForm(String gerund) Get the root of the given verb.
void	setPolarity(VerbProperties.Polarity polarity)
String	toString() Indirectly invoked by SumoProcessCollector.toString( ).
static String	verbRootToThirdPersonSingular(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(String verb,
                   KB kb)

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Indirectly invoked by SumoProcessCollector.toString( ).

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

getSurfaceForm

public 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 String getVerb()

Returns:

setPolarity

public void setPolarity(VerbProperties.Polarity polarity)

verbRootToThirdPersonSingular

public static String verbRootToThirdPersonSingular(String verbRoot)

Parameters:

verbRoot -

Returns:

getVerbRootForm

public static String getVerbRootForm(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