info.ephyra.answerselection.filters
Class ProperNameFilter

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

public class ProperNameFilter
extends Filter

Drops answer candidates for definitional questions that are enumerations of proper names.

This class extends the class Filter.

Version:

2008-02-15

Author:

Guido Sautter

Constructor Summary

ProperNameFilter()

Method Summary

Result[]

apply(Result[] results) Filter out result snippets that contain too many proper names.

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

ProperNameFilter

public ProperNameFilter()

Method Detail

apply

public Result[] apply(Result[] results)

Filter out result snippets that contain too many proper names. This is to get rid of enumerations of named entities that happen to include the target. This might, for instance, be the track list of a compilation LP, which has a song by the target artist on it.

Overrides:

apply in class Filter

Parameters:

results - array of Result objects

Returns:

extended array of Result objects