it.unitn.disi.smatch.oracles
Interface ISenseMatcher

All Superinterfaces:

IConfigurable

All Known Implementing Classes:

InMemoryWordNetBinaryArray, WordNet

public interface ISenseMatcher
extends IConfigurable

An interface to sense matchers.

Author:

Mikalai Yatskevich mikalai.yatskevich@comlab.ox.ac.uk, Aliaksandr Autayeu

Method Summary

char	getRelation(java.util.List<ISense> sourceSenses, java.util.List<ISense> targetSenses) Returns semantic relation holding between two sets of senses.
boolean	isSourceLessGeneralThanTarget(ISense source, ISense target) Checks whether the source is less general than target.
boolean	isSourceMoreGeneralThanTarget(ISense source, ISense target) Checks whether the source is more general than target.
boolean	isSourceOppositeToTarget(ISense source, ISense target) Checks whether the source is disjoint with the target.
boolean	isSourceSynonymTarget(ISense source, ISense target) Checks whether the source is a synonym of the target.

Methods inherited from interface it.unitn.disi.smatch.components.IConfigurable

getProperties, setProperties, setProperties

Method Detail

getRelation

char getRelation(java.util.List<ISense> sourceSenses,
                 java.util.List<ISense> targetSenses)
                 throws SenseMatcherException

Returns semantic relation holding between two sets of senses.

Parameters:

sourceSenses - source set of senses

targetSenses - target set of senses

Returns:

a relation

Throws:

SenseMatcherException - SenseMatcherException

isSourceMoreGeneralThanTarget

boolean isSourceMoreGeneralThanTarget(ISense source,
                                      ISense target)
                                      throws SenseMatcherException

Checks whether the source is more general than target.

Parameters:

source - source sense

target - target sense

Returns:

whether relation holds

Throws:

SenseMatcherException - SenseMatcherException

isSourceLessGeneralThanTarget

boolean isSourceLessGeneralThanTarget(ISense source,
                                      ISense target)
                                      throws SenseMatcherException

Checks whether the source is less general than target.

Parameters:

source - source sense

target - target sense

Returns:

whether relation holds

Throws:

SenseMatcherException - SenseMatcherException

isSourceSynonymTarget

boolean isSourceSynonymTarget(ISense source,
                              ISense target)
                              throws SenseMatcherException

Checks whether the source is a synonym of the target.

Parameters:

source - source sense

target - target sense

Returns:

whether relation holds

Throws:

SenseMatcherException - SenseMatcherException

isSourceOppositeToTarget

boolean isSourceOppositeToTarget(ISense source,
                                 ISense target)
                                 throws SenseMatcherException

Checks whether the source is disjoint with the target.

Parameters:

source - source sense

target - target sense

Returns:

whether relation holds

Throws:

SenseMatcherException - SenseMatcherException