info.ephyra.answerselection.filters
Class PreferNamedEntitiesFilter

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

public class PreferNamedEntitiesFilter
extends Filter

The PreferNamedEntitiesFilter prefers factoid answers that are named entities over other factoid answers.

This class extends the class Filter.

Version:

2007-01-29

Author:

Nico Schlaefer

Constructor Summary

PreferNamedEntitiesFilter()

Method Summary

Result[]

apply(Result[] results) If there are named entities among the factoid answers then answers that are not named entities are dropped.

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

Constructor Detail

PreferNamedEntitiesFilter

public PreferNamedEntitiesFilter()

Method Detail

apply

public Result[] apply(Result[] results)

If there are named entities among the factoid answers then answers that are not named entities are dropped.

Overrides:

apply in class Filter

Parameters:

results - array of Result objects

Returns:

results that are named entities