edu.upenn.cis.propbank_shen
Class Argument

java.lang.Object
  edu.upenn.cis.propbank_shen.Argument

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

public class Argument
extends Object
implements Comparable

This class represents an "argument" in a "predicate argument structure". As such, on a logical/mathematical level, one may construe an "argument" as a projection of tuple, where the tuple is an element of a relation "defined" by the verb in question. For example, the sentence

John gave Sue a Penny.

may be viewed as denoting, amongst other things, a predicate "gave" with three "arguments", as in gave(John,Sue,Penny).

In the propbank, each of these arguments is constituted by up to three things (two of which arg optional):

1. an argument label, as defined by the class ArgLabel
2. an optional modifying label, as defined by the class ModLabel
3. an optional argument location, as defined by the class ArgLoc

Author:

Scott Cotton

See Also:

ArgLabel, ModLabel, ArgLoc

Field Summary

ArgLabel	arg_label the primary argument label associated with this Argument
ArgLoc	location the edu.upenn.cis.treebank location associated with this argument, or null
ModLabel	mod_label the secondary label associated with this argument, or null
static String	sep the separator for the parts for one-line at a time representation

Constructor Summary

Argument(ArgLabel albl)
create an Argument from just a label

Argument(ArgLabel albl, ArgLoc aloc)
create an Argument from an argument label and a location

Argument(ArgLabel albl, ModLabel mlbl)
create an Argument from an argument label and a modifiying label

Argument(ArgLabel albl, ModLabel mlbl, ArgLoc aloc)
create an Argument from an argument label, a modifying label, and a location

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object o)
boolean	equals(Object o)
ArgLoc	getLocation()
static Argument	ofString(String s) convert a string into an "argument".
void	setLabel(ArgLabel al) set the argument's primary label.
void	setLocation(ArgLoc loc) set the argument's location to loc
void	setMod(ModLabel ml) set the arguments modifying label.
String	toString() produce a canonical string from the Argument

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

arg_label

public ArgLabel arg_label

the primary argument label associated with this Argument

mod_label

public ModLabel mod_label

the secondary label associated with this argument, or null

location

public ArgLoc location

the edu.upenn.cis.treebank location associated with this argument, or null

sep

public static final String sep

the separator for the parts for one-line at a time representation

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Argument

public Argument(ArgLabel albl)

create an Argument from just a label

Argument

public Argument(ArgLabel albl,
                ModLabel mlbl)

create an Argument from an argument label and a modifiying label

Argument

public Argument(ArgLabel albl,
                ArgLoc aloc)

create an Argument from an argument label and a location

Argument

public Argument(ArgLabel albl,
                ModLabel mlbl,
                ArgLoc aloc)

create an Argument from an argument label, a modifying label, and a location

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

setLocation

public void setLocation(ArgLoc loc)

set the argument's location to loc

Parameters:

loc - the new argument location

getLocation

public ArgLoc getLocation()

setMod

public void setMod(ModLabel ml)

set the arguments modifying label.

Parameters:

ml - the new modifying label

setLabel

public void setLabel(ArgLabel al)

set the argument's primary label.

Parameters:

al - the new primary label

toString

public String toString()

produce a canonical string from the Argument

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

ofString

public static Argument ofString(String s)
                         throws CorruptDataException

convert a string into an "argument".

Parameters:

s - the string to be converted.

Throws:

CorruptDataException