/**
* return the base form of a word
*
* @param element
* @param baseWord
* @return
*/
private static string getBaseForm(InflectedWordElement element, WordElement baseWord)
{
// unclear what the right behaviour should be
// for now, prefer baseWord.getBaseForm() to element.getBaseForm() for
// verbs (ie, "is" mapped to "be")
// but prefer element.getBaseForm() to baseWord.getBaseForm() for other
// words (ie, "children" not mapped to "child")
// AG: changed this to get the default spelling variant
// needed to preserve spelling changes in the VP
if ((int)LexicalCategoryEnum.VERB == element.getCategory().enumType)
{
if (baseWord != null && baseWord.getDefaultSpellingVariant() != null)
{
return(baseWord.getDefaultSpellingVariant());
}
else
{
return(element.getBaseForm());
}
}
else
{
if (element.getBaseForm() != null)
{
return(element.getBaseForm());
}
else if (baseWord == null)
{
return(null);
}
else
{
return(baseWord.getDefaultSpellingVariant());
}
}
// if (LexicalCategory.VERB == element.getCategory()) {
// if (baseWord != null && baseWord.getBaseForm() != null)
// return baseWord.getBaseForm();
// else
// return element.getBaseForm();
// } else {
// if (element.getBaseForm() != null)
// return element.getBaseForm();
// else if (baseWord == null)
// return null;
// else
// return baseWord.getBaseForm();
// }
}
/**
* Constructs a new inflected word from a WordElement
*
* @param word
* underlying wordelement
*/
public InflectedWordElement(WordElement word)
{
setFeature(InternalFeature.BASE_WORD.ToString(), word);
// AG: changed to use the default spelling variant
// setFeature(LexicalFeature.BASE_FORM, word.getBaseForm());
var defaultSpelling = word.getDefaultSpellingVariant();
setFeature(LexicalFeature.BASE_FORM, defaultSpelling);
setCategory(word.getCategory());
}
