info.ephyra.answerselection.filters
Class AnswerTypeFilter

java.lang.Object
  info.ephyra.answerselection.filters.Filter
      info.ephyra.answerselection.filters.AnswerTypeFilter

public class AnswerTypeFilter
extends Filter

The AnswerTypeFilter extracts factoid answers of the expected answer types from text passages. This is a high-recall but low-precision extraction approach.

This class extends the class Filter.

Version:

2007-04-14

Author:

Nico Schlaefer

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ID Identifier for the answer type testing approach.

Constructor Summary

AnswerTypeFilter()

Method Summary

Result[]

apply(Result[] results) Extracts NEs of particular types from the answer strings of the Result objects and creates a new Result for each extracted unique answer.

Methods inherited from class info.ephyra.answerselection.filters.Filter

apply

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ID

public static final java.lang.String ID

Identifier for the answer type testing approach.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AnswerTypeFilter

public AnswerTypeFilter()

Method Detail

apply

public Result[] apply(Result[] results)

Extracts NEs of particular types from the answer strings of the Result objects and creates a new Result for each extracted unique answer.

Overrides:

apply in class Filter

Parameters:

results - array of Result objects

Returns:

extended array of Result objects