edu.upenn.cis.propbank_shen
Class FrameSet

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

public class FrameSet
extends Object

This is an interface to a frameset as defined in the propbank lexical guidelines. A frameset is associated with a single verb, and contains a list of "predicates", defined to be the verb itself plus any phrasal variants which constitute a distinct meaning.

Author:

Scott Cotton

See Also:

Predicate, RoleSet, Example, Role

Field Summary

protected Document	doc the xml document associated with the verb
protected List	predicates a list of the associated predicates for this verb
protected String	verb the root form of the verb

Constructor Summary

FrameSet(String v)
construct a FrameSet object from the root form of a verb This constructor reads an xml file from disk and always returns the same object from the same arguments.

Method Summary

static File	getPath(String verb) Find the file for the lexical guidelines for a verb.
List	getPredicates() return a list of Predicate objects see
String	getVerb() return the verb associated with this FrameSet
static void	main(String[] args) a little unit test

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

verb

protected String verb

the root form of the verb

doc

protected Document doc

the xml document associated with the verb

predicates

protected List predicates

a list of the associated predicates for this verb

See Also:

Predicate

Constructor Detail

FrameSet

public FrameSet(String v)
         throws CorruptDataException

construct a FrameSet object from the root form of a verb This constructor reads an xml file from disk and always returns the same object from the same arguments.

Throws:

CorruptDataException

Method Detail

getPath

public static File getPath(String verb)

Find the file for the lexical guidelines for a verb.

Parameters:

verb - the verb whose file needs finding.

getPredicates

public List getPredicates()

return a list of Predicate objects see

See Also:

Predicate

getVerb

public String getVerb()

return the verb associated with this FrameSet

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws CorruptDataException

a little unit test

Throws:

CorruptDataException