info.ephyra.nlp.semantics.ontologies
Interface Ontology

All Superinterfaces:

Dictionary

All Known Implementing Classes:

DomainOntology, WordNet

public interface Ontology
extends Dictionary

An Ontology comprises entities and relations between them.

This interface extends the interface Dictionary.

Version:

2007-02-11

Author:

Nico Schlaefer

Method Summary

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double>	expandEntity(java.lang.String entity) Expands an entity by looking up related entities.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double>	expandEvent(java.lang.String event) Expands an event by looking up related events.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double>	expandModifier(java.lang.String modifier, net.didion.jwnl.data.POS pos) Expands a modifier by looking up related modifiers.

Methods inherited from interface info.ephyra.util.Dictionary

contains

Method Detail

expandEvent

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> expandEvent(java.lang.String event)

Expands an event by looking up related events.

Parameters:

event - an event

Returns:

related events and their weights

expandEntity

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> expandEntity(java.lang.String entity)

Expands an entity by looking up related entities.

Parameters:

entity - an entity

Returns:

related entities and their weights

expandModifier

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> expandModifier(java.lang.String modifier,
                                                                net.didion.jwnl.data.POS pos)

Expands a modifier by looking up related modifiers.

Parameters:

modifier - a modifier

pos - its part of speech: POS.ADJECTIVE or POS.ADVERB

Returns:

related modifiers and their weights