edu.upenn.cis.propbank_shen
Class Role

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

public class Role
extends Object

This class represents a "role" in the propbank lexical guidelines. A role may consist of a number of things. All roles have an associated argument label.

Author:

Scott Cotton

See Also:

ArgLabel

Field Summary

protected ArgLabel	arglabel the argument label associated with the role
protected String	descr a description of the role
protected ModLabel	modlabel the modifying label associated with the roleset, or null if there is none.
protected Node	node the node of the xml document from which this thing was made
protected List	vnroles A list of the verbnet roles associated with the role.

Constructor Summary

Role(Node n)
construct a Role object from a role node in a frameset xml document.

Method Summary

ArgLabel	getArgLabel() return the associated argument label
String	getDescription() return the brief description of the role
ModLabel	getModLabel() return the associated modifying label, or null if there is no such modifying label.
List	getVNRoles() return a list (possibly empty) of the associated VerbNet roles see also the VerbNet website
boolean	hasModLabel() return true iff this role has a modifying label

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

node

protected Node node

the node of the xml document from which this thing was made

descr

protected String descr

a description of the role

arglabel

protected ArgLabel arglabel

the argument label associated with the role

See Also:

ArgLabel

modlabel

protected ModLabel modlabel

the modifying label associated with the roleset, or null if there is none.

See Also:

ModLabel

vnroles

protected List vnroles

A list of the verbnet roles associated with the role.

See Also:

VNRole

Constructor Detail

Role

public Role(Node n)
     throws CorruptDataException

construct a Role object from a role node in a frameset xml document.

Throws:

CorruptDataException

Method Detail

getDescription

public String getDescription()

return the brief description of the role

getArgLabel

public ArgLabel getArgLabel()

return the associated argument label

getModLabel

public ModLabel getModLabel()

return the associated modifying label, or null if there is no such modifying label.

See Also:

ModLabel

hasModLabel

public boolean hasModLabel()

return true iff this role has a modifying label

See Also:

ModLabel

getVNRoles

public List getVNRoles()

return a list (possibly empty) of the associated VerbNet roles see also the VerbNet website