edu.upenn.cis.pdtb.xpath
Class IsAdverbialFunction

java.lang.Object
  edu.upenn.cis.pdtb.xpath.IsAdverbialFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.jaxen.Function

public class IsAdverbialFunction

extends java.lang.Object

implements org.jaxen.Function

Filter for adverbial connectives. This function has the signature:

  boolean is-adv()
  

Returns true iff the context node is an explicit relation and the connHead attribute matches the regex:

 .*(instead|otherwise|therefore|as a result|nevertheless|^then|on the other hand|however|in fact|
 further|furthermore|indeed|for example|though|yet|so$|on the contrary|conversely|consequently|
 besides|nonetheless|afterwards|finally|by contrast|in sum|simultaneously|in addition|accordingly|
 thus|overall|in the meantime|meanwhile|in other words|still|previously|as an alternative|specifically|
 in particular|hence|earlier|later|regardless|for instance|in the end|on the other side|by comparison|
 alternatively|in short|rather|ultimately|moreover|likewise|next|similarly|in contrast|thereafter|by then|
 additionally|also|on the whole|plus as well|separately|in turn).*
 

Since:

0.2.8

Author:

nikhild

Field Summary

static java.util.regex.Pattern

AdverbialConnPattern

Constructor Summary

IsAdverbialFunction()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

call(org.jaxen.Context context, java.util.List args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

AdverbialConnPattern

public static final java.util.regex.Pattern AdverbialConnPattern

Constructor Detail

IsAdverbialFunction

public IsAdverbialFunction()

Method Detail

call

public java.lang.Object call(org.jaxen.Context context,
                             java.util.List args)
                      throws org.jaxen.FunctionCallException

Specified by:

call in interface org.jaxen.Function

Throws:

org.jaxen.FunctionCallException