info.ephyra.answerselection.filters
Class FactoidsFromPredicatesFilter

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

public class FactoidsFromPredicatesFilter
extends Filter

The FactoidsFromPredicatesFilter extracts factoid answers from predicate-argument structures.

This class extends the class Filter.

Version:

2007-07-24

Author:

Nico Schlaefer

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ID Identifier for the semantic parsing approach.

Constructor Summary

FactoidsFromPredicatesFilter()

Method Summary

Result[]

apply(Result[] results) Extracts factoids from the predicates withing 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 semantic parsing approach.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

FactoidsFromPredicatesFilter

public FactoidsFromPredicatesFilter()

Method Detail

apply

public Result[] apply(Result[] results)

Extracts factoids from the predicates withing 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 containing predicates

Returns:

array of Result objects containing factoids