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Class PrepositionManager

java.lang.Object
  vn.PrepositionManager

public class PrepositionManager
extends Object

This class acts as a simple organizer for all of the preposition classes in VerbNet, and the prepositions inside them. This class is utilized in place of what would have been a more complicated parsing routine. This class basically encompasses all the information in the document:
http://verbs.colorado.edu/verb-index/preps.txt
The uncertainties contained in the document above are ignored. In other words, (?)isa(from,loc) is taken to be isa(from,loc) and %only for intrans? is ignored.

Version:

1.0, 2006.10.25

Author:

Derek Trumbo

See Also:

Matcher, Matcher.cycPreposition(String, String)

Field Summary

private static String	dest Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class.
private static String	dest_conf Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class.
private static String	dest_dir Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class.
private static String	dir Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class.
private static String	loc Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class.
private static String	path Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class.
private static String	spatial Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class.
private static String	src Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class.

Constructor Summary

private

PrepositionManager() This constructor is private because the class is not intended to ever be instantiated.

Method Summary

(package private) static boolean	prepInClass(String cls, String prp) Returns whether or not a preposition is contained within a certain VerbNet class.
(package private) static void	printPreps() Prints out the prepositions and their classes, held internally, in a format identical to the original document at http://verbs.colorado.edu/verb-index/preps.txt so that the output can be diff'ed with the original file when tracking changes to the prepositions.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

spatial

private static String spatial

Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class. This string will hold all the prepositions in the class in a delimited list.

See Also:

prepInClass(String, String)

path

private static String path

Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class. This string will hold all the prepositions in the class in a delimited list.

See Also:

prepInClass(String, String)

dest

private static String dest

Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class. This string will hold all the prepositions in the class in a delimited list.

See Also:

prepInClass(String, String)

loc

private static String loc

Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class. This string will hold all the prepositions in the class in a delimited list.

See Also:

prepInClass(String, String)

dir

private static String dir

Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class. This string will hold all the prepositions in the class in a delimited list.

See Also:

prepInClass(String, String)

dest_dir

private static String dest_dir

Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class. This string will hold all the prepositions in the class in a delimited list.

See Also:

prepInClass(String, String)

dest_conf

private static String dest_conf

Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class. This string will hold all the prepositions in the class in a delimited list.

See Also:

prepInClass(String, String)

src

private static String src

Represents a specific VerbNet preposition class. This string will hold all the prepositions in the class in a delimited list.

See Also:

prepInClass(String, String)

Constructor Detail

PrepositionManager

private PrepositionManager()

This constructor is private because the class is not intended to ever be instantiated. The Inspector's job is very procedural and thus all its members are static.

Method Detail

printPreps

static void printPreps()

Prints out the prepositions and their classes, held internally, in a format identical to the original document at
http://verbs.colorado.edu/verb-index/preps.txt
so that the output can be diff'ed with the original file when tracking changes to the prepositions. Provided more for verification than anything else.

prepInClass

static boolean prepInClass(String cls,
                           String prp)

Returns whether or not a preposition is contained within a certain VerbNet class.

Parameters:

cls - the preposition class (i.e. "spatial" or "dest_dir")

prp - the preposition (i.e. "around" or "between")

Returns:

whether or not the preposition is contained within the given VerbNet class

See Also:

Matcher.cycPreposition(String, String)