edu.stanford.nlp.trees
Interface Dependency

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

UnnamedDependency

public interface Dependency
extends Serializable

An individual dependency between a governor and a dependent. The governor and dependent are represented as a Label. For example, these can be a Word or a WordTag. If one wishes the dependencies to preserve positions in a sentence, then each can be a LabeledConstituent or MapLabel. Dependencies support an object naming the dependency type. This may be null. Dependencies have factories.

Author:

Christopher Manning

Method Summary

DependencyFactory	dependencyFactory() Provide a factory for this kind of dependency
Label	dependent() Describes the dependent (argument/modifier) of the dependency relation.
boolean	equalsIgnoreName(Object o) Are two dependencies equal if you ignore the dependency name.
Label	governor() Describes the governor (regent/head) of the dependency relation.
Object	name() Names the type of dependency (subject, instrument, ...).
String	toString(String format) Provide different printing options via a String keyword.

Method Detail

governor

Label governor()

Describes the governor (regent/head) of the dependency relation.

Returns:

The governor of this dependency

dependent

Label dependent()

Describes the dependent (argument/modifier) of the dependency relation.

Returns:

the dependent of this dependency

name

Object name()

Names the type of dependency (subject, instrument, ...). This might be a String in the simplest case, but can provide for arbitrary object types.

Returns:

the name for this dependency type

equalsIgnoreName

boolean equalsIgnoreName(Object o)

Are two dependencies equal if you ignore the dependency name.

Parameters:

o - The thing to compare against ignoring name

Returns:

true iff the head and dependent are the same.

toString

String toString(String format)

Provide different printing options via a String keyword. The main recognized option currently is "xml". Otherwise the default toString() is used.

Parameters:

format - A format string, either "xml" or you get the default

Returns:

A String representation of the dependency

dependencyFactory

DependencyFactory dependencyFactory()

Provide a factory for this kind of dependency

Returns:

A DependencyFactory