Serialized Form

Package info.ephyra.nlp.semantics

Class info.ephyra.nlp.semantics.Predicate extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 20070501L

Serialized Fields

sentence

java.lang.String sentence

Original sentence (optional).

annotated

java.lang.String annotated

Sentence annotated with semantic roles (optional).

verb

java.lang.String verb

Verb representing the predicate.

args

java.lang.String[] args

Arguments with verb-specific roles. Often, ARG0 is the Agent and ARG1 the Patient or Theme.

argLOC

java.lang.String argLOC

LOC modifier (location).

argCAU

java.lang.String argCAU

CAU modifier (cause).

argEXT

java.lang.String argEXT

EXT modifier (extent).

argTMP

java.lang.String argTMP

TMP modifier (time).

argDIS

java.lang.String argDIS

DIS modifier (discourse connective, e.g. "also", "on the other hand").

argPNC

java.lang.String argPNC

PNC modifier (purpose).

argADV

java.lang.String argADV

ADV modifier (sentence-level adverb, e.g. "unfortunately", and general-purpose).

argMNR

java.lang.String argMNR

MNR modifier (manner).

argNEG

java.lang.String argNEG

NEG modifier (negation).

argDIR

java.lang.String argDIR

DIR modifier (direction).

argMOD

java.lang.String argMOD

MOD modifier (modal verb).

missingArgs

java.lang.String[] missingArgs

Missing arguments, for predicates extracted from questions.

confidence

float confidence

Confidence score (from [0, 1]).

verbTerm

Term verbTerm

Term for the verb.

argTerms

Term[] argTerms

Terms in the arguments.

simScore

double simScore

Similarity score of this predicate compared to another predicate (from [0, 1]).

simPredicate

Predicate simPredicate

Predicate this predicate was compared to.

Package info.ephyra.querygeneration

Class info.ephyra.querygeneration.Query extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 20070501L

Serialized Fields

queryString

java.lang.String queryString

The query string.

originalQueryString

java.lang.String originalQueryString

the original query String before normalization

analyzedQuestion

AnalyzedQuestion analyzedQuestion

The analyzed question.

score

float score

The score of the query. More specific queries receive a higher score than simple keyword queries. The score is used by the answer selection module to score the results retrieved with this query.

extractionTechniques

java.lang.String[] extractionTechniques

The answer extraction techniques applied to results retrieved with this query.

qi

QuestionInterpretation qi

The interpretation of the question used to generate this query (optional).

Package info.ephyra.questionanalysis

Class info.ephyra.questionanalysis.AnalyzedQuestion extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 20070717L

Serialized Fields

question

java.lang.String question

Question string.

qn

java.lang.String qn

Normalized question string.

stemmed

java.lang.String stemmed

Question string with stemmed verbs and nouns.

verbMod

java.lang.String verbMod

Question string with modified verbs.

kws

java.lang.String[] kws

Keywords in the question and context.

nes

java.lang.String[][] nes

Named entities in the question and context.

terms

Term[] terms

Terms in the question and context.

focus

java.lang.String focus

Focus word.

ats

java.lang.String[] ats

Expected answer types.

qis

QuestionInterpretation[] qis

Interpretations of the question.

ps

Predicate[] ps

Predicates extracted from the question.

isFactoid

boolean isFactoid

Indicates that this is a factoid question.

Class info.ephyra.questionanalysis.QuestionInterpretation extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 20070501L

Serialized Fields

target

java.lang.String target

The TARGET object of the question.

context

java.lang.String[] context

The CONTEXT objects of the question.

property

java.lang.String property

The PROPERTY the question asks for.

length

int length

The LENGTH of this interpretation.

Class info.ephyra.questionanalysis.Term extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 20070501L

Serialized Fields

text

java.lang.String text

The textual representation of the term.

lemma

java.lang.String lemma

The lemma of the term.

pos

java.lang.String pos

The part of speech of the term or COMPOUND to indicate that it comprises multiple tokens.

neTypes

java.lang.String[] neTypes

The named entity types of the term (optional).

relFrequency

double relFrequency

Relative frequency of the term.

expansions

java.util.Map<K,V> expansions

Maps expansions of the term to their weights.

expansionLemmas

java.util.Map<K,V> expansionLemmas

Maps lemmas of the expansions to their weights.

Package info.ephyra.questionanalysis.atype

Class info.ephyra.questionanalysis.atype.AnswerType extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 20061012L

Serialized Fields

level

int level

the level in an answer type hierarchy, 1 being the top level answer type, 2 being the first subtype level, etc

confidence

double confidence

type

java.lang.String type

subtypes

java.util.List<E> subtypes

Package info.ephyra.questionanalysis.atype.minorthird.hierarchical

Class info.ephyra.questionanalysis.atype.minorthird.hierarchical.DummyClassifier extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 1L

Serialized Fields

soleLabelName

java.lang.String soleLabelName

Class info.ephyra.questionanalysis.atype.minorthird.hierarchical.HierarchicalClassifier extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 1L

Serialized Fields

classifiers

java.util.HashMap<K,V> classifiers

classLevels

int classLevels

Package info.ephyra.search

Class info.ephyra.search.Result extends java.lang.Object implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 20070501L

Serialized Fields

answer

java.lang.String answer

The answer string.

score

float score

A confidence measure for the answer, initially 0.

normScore

float normScore

A normalized confidence measure for the answer (optional).

query

Query query

The Query that was used to obtain the answer (optional).

docID

java.lang.String docID

The ID (e.g. a URL) of a document containing the answer (optional).

cacheID

java.lang.String cacheID

The ID of the document in the search engine cache (optional).

hitPos

int hitPos

The hit position of the answer, starting from 0 (optional).

correct

boolean correct

A flag indicating whether the answer was judged correct (optional).

extraScores

java.util.HashMap<K,V> extraScores

Hashmap holding intermediate scores so they don't influence sorting

nes

java.util.Map<K,V> nes

If this is a sentence-level answer, named entities extracted from the sentence and their types (optional).

terms

Term[] terms

If this is a sentence-level answer, terms extracted from the sentence (optional).

predicate

Predicate predicate

If this is a sentence-level answer, a predicate extracted from the sentence (optional).

sentence

java.lang.String sentence

If this is a factoid answer, a sentence in the supporting document the answer was extracted from (optional).

neTypes

java.lang.String[] neTypes

If this is a factoid answer, the named entity types (optional).

extractionTechniques

java.lang.String[] extractionTechniques

If this is a factoid answer, the techniques used to extract it (optional).

coveredNuggets

java.util.ArrayList<E> coveredNuggets

If this is an answer to an 'other' question, list to keep the IDs of covered nugget (optional).

Package info.ephyra.util

Class info.ephyra.util.Properties extends java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> implements Serializable

serialVersionUID: 1L