Package com.articulate.sigma.nlg

Class Sentence

java.lang.Object

com.articulate.sigma.nlg.Sentence

public class Sentence
extends Object

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
SVOElement	getDirectObject()
List<SVOElement>	getIndirectObjects()
SVOElement	getSubject()
SumoProcess	getVerb()
void	setCaseRolesScratchpad(com.google.common.collect.Multimap<CaseRole,String> roles)	Set the case roles scratch pad with the given case roles.
void	setDirectObject(SVOElement directObject)
void	setIndirectObjects(List<SVOElement> indirectObjects)
void	setSubject(SVOElement subject)
void	setVerb(SumoProcess verb)
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 Details

Sentence

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

Constructor.

Parameters:

roles -

process -

inKB -

properties -

Method Details

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 List<SVOElement> getIndirectObjects()

Returns:

setIndirectObjects

public void setIndirectObjects(List<SVOElement> indirectObjects)

Parameters:

indirectObjects -

setCaseRolesScratchpad

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

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

Parameters:

roles -

toNaturalLanguage

public String toNaturalLanguage()

Attempt to perform natural language generation on this object.

Returns:

a sentence in natural language, or empty string on failure