info.ephyra.trec
Class TREC8To12Parser

java.lang.Object
  info.ephyra.trec.TREC8To12Parser

public class TREC8To12Parser
extends java.lang.Object

A parser for the TREC 8-12 QA tracks.

Version:

2007-05-25

Author:

Nico Schlaefer

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String

QTYPE Type of the TREC 8 to 11 questions.

Constructor Summary

TREC8To12Parser()

Method Summary

static TRECPattern[]	loadPatterns(java.lang.String filename) Loads the patterns from a file.
static TRECPattern[]	loadPatternsAligned(java.lang.String filename) Loads the patterns from a file.
static TRECQuestion[]	loadQuestions(java.lang.String filename) Loads the questions from a file.
static TRECAnswer[]	loadTREC9Answers(java.lang.String filename) Loads the answers to the TREC9 questions from a file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

QTYPE

private static final java.lang.String QTYPE

Type of the TREC 8 to 11 questions.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TREC8To12Parser

public TREC8To12Parser()

Method Detail

loadQuestions

public static TRECQuestion[] loadQuestions(java.lang.String filename)

Loads the questions from a file.

Parameters:

filename - file that contains the questions

Returns:

questions or null, if the file could not be parsed

loadPatterns

public static TRECPattern[] loadPatterns(java.lang.String filename)

Loads the patterns from a file.

Parameters:

filename - file that contains the patterns

Returns:

patterns or null, if the file could not be parsed

loadPatternsAligned

public static TRECPattern[] loadPatternsAligned(java.lang.String filename)

Loads the patterns from a file. For each skipped question ID in the input file, a null entry is added to the array of patterns.

Parameters:

filename - file that contains the patterns

Returns:

patterns aligned to question IDs or null, if the file could not be parsed

loadTREC9Answers

public static TRECAnswer[] loadTREC9Answers(java.lang.String filename)

Loads the answers to the TREC9 questions from a file.

Parameters:

filename - file that contains the answers

Returns:

answers or null, if the file could not be parsed