Exemplo n.º 1
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        /**
         * Collect a list of pairs of constituents with the same syntactic function
         * from the right periphery of two sentences. The right periphery
         * encompasses the complements of the main verb, and its postmodifiers.
         *
         * @param sentences
         *            the list of sentences
         * @return a list of pairs of constituents with the same function, if any
         *         are found
         */
        public static IList <PhraseSet> rightPeriphery(params NLGElement[] sentences)
        {
            IList <PhraseSet> funcsets = new List <PhraseSet>();
            PhraseSet         comps    = new PhraseSet(DiscourseFunction.OBJECT);
            // new PhraseSet(DiscourseFunction.INDIRECT_OBJECT);
            PhraseSet pmods = new PhraseSet(DiscourseFunction.POST_MODIFIER);

            foreach (NLGElement s in sentences)
            {
                NLGElement vp = s.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);

                if (vp != null)
                {
                    if (vp.hasFeature(InternalFeature.COMPLEMENTS))
                    {
                        comps.addPhrases(vp.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.COMPLEMENTS));
                    }

                    if (vp.hasFeature(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS))
                    {
                        pmods.addPhrases(vp.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS));
                    }
                }

                if (s.hasFeature(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS))
                {
                    pmods.addPhrases(s.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS));
                }
            }

            funcsets.Add(comps);
            funcsets.Add(pmods);
            return(funcsets);
        }
        /**
         * Applies aggregation to two NLGElements e1 and e2, succeeding only if they
         * are clauses (that is, e1.getCategory() == e2.getCategory ==
         * {@link simplenlg.framework.PhraseCategory#CLAUSE}).
         */
        public override NLGElement apply(NLGElement previous, NLGElement next)
        {
            NLGElement aggregated = null;

            if (previous.Category == PhraseCategory.PhraseCategoryEnum.CLAUSE && next.Category == PhraseCategory.PhraseCategoryEnum.CLAUSE && PhraseChecker.nonePassive(previous, next) && !PhraseChecker.expletiveSubjects(previous, next))
            {
                if (PhraseChecker.sameSentences(previous, next))
                {                 // case 1: identical sentences: remove the current
                    aggregated = previous;
                }
                else if (PhraseChecker.sameFrontMods(previous, next) && PhraseChecker.sameSubjects(previous, next) && PhraseChecker.samePostMods(previous, next))
                {                 // case 2: subjects identical: coordinate VPs
                    aggregated = factory.createClause();
                    aggregated.setFeature(InternalFeature.SUBJECTS, previous.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.SUBJECTS));
                    aggregated.setFeature(InternalFeature.FRONT_MODIFIERS, previous.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.FRONT_MODIFIERS));
                    aggregated.setFeature(Feature.CUE_PHRASE, previous.getFeatureAsElement(Feature.CUE_PHRASE));
                    aggregated.setFeature(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS, previous.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS));
                    NLGElement vp;

                    if (!PhraseChecker.sameVPArgs(previous, next) && PhraseChecker.sameVPHead(previous, next) && PhraseChecker.sameVPModifiers(previous, next))
                    {                     // case 2.1: VPs have different arguments but same head & mods
                        NLGElement vp1 = previous.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);
                        vp = factory.createVerbPhrase();
                        vp.setFeature(InternalFeature.HEAD, vp1.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.HEAD));
                        vp.setFeature(InternalFeature.COMPLEMENTS, vp1.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.COMPLEMENTS));
                        vp.setFeature(InternalFeature.PREMODIFIERS, vp1.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.PREMODIFIERS));
                        vp.setFeature(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS, vp1.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS));
                    }
                    else
                    {                     // case 2.2: just create a coordinate vP
                        NLGElement vp1 = previous.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);
                        NLGElement vp2 = next.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);
                        vp = factory.createCoordinatedPhrase(vp1, vp2);
                    }
                    // case 2.3: expletive subjects
                    aggregated.setFeature(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE, vp);
                }
                else if (PhraseChecker.sameFrontMods(previous, next) && PhraseChecker.sameVP(previous, next) && PhraseChecker.samePostMods(previous, next))
                {                 // case 3: identical VPs: conjoin subjects and front modifiers
                    aggregated = factory.createClause();
                    aggregated.setFeature(InternalFeature.FRONT_MODIFIERS, previous.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.FRONT_MODIFIERS));
                    CoordinatedPhraseElement subjects = factory.createCoordinatedPhrase();
                    subjects.Category = new PhraseCategory(PhraseCategory.PhraseCategoryEnum.NOUN_PHRASE);
                    IList <NLGElement> allSubjects = previous.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.SUBJECTS);
                    ((List <NLGElement>)allSubjects).AddRange(next.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.SUBJECTS));

                    foreach (NLGElement subj in allSubjects)
                    {
                        subjects.addCoordinate(subj);
                    }

                    aggregated.setFeature(InternalFeature.SUBJECTS, subjects);
                    aggregated.setFeature(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS, previous.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS));
                    aggregated.setFeature(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE, previous.getFeature(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE));
                }
            }

            return(aggregated);
        }
Exemplo n.º 3
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        /**
         * Copies the front modifiers of the clause to the list of post-modifiers of
         * the verb only if the phrase has infinitive form.
         *
         * @param phrase
         *            the <code>PhraseElement</code> representing this clause.
         * @param verbElement
         *            the <code>NLGElement</code> representing the verb phrase for
         *            this clause.
         */
        private static void copyFrontModifiers(PhraseElement phrase, NLGElement verbElement)
        {
            IList <NLGElement> frontModifiers = phrase.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.FRONT_MODIFIERS);
            object             clauseForm     = phrase.getFeature(Feature.FORM);

            // bug fix by Chris Howell (Agfa) -- do not overwrite existing post-mods in the VP
            if (verbElement != null)
            {
                IList <NLGElement> phrasePostModifiers = phrase.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS);

                if (verbElement is PhraseElement)
                {
                    IList <NLGElement> verbPostModifiers = verbElement.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS);

                    foreach (NLGElement eachModifier in phrasePostModifiers)
                    {
                        // need to check that VP doesn't already contain the
                        // post-modifier
                        // this only happens if the phrase has already been realised
                        // and later modified, with realiser called again. In that
                        // case, postmods will be copied over twice
                        if (!verbPostModifiers.Contains(eachModifier))
                        {
                            ((PhraseElement)verbElement).addPostModifier(eachModifier);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            // if (verbElement != null) {
            // verbElement.setFeature(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS, phrase
            // .getFeature(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS));
            // }

            if (Form.INFINITIVE.Equals(clauseForm))
            {
                phrase.setFeature(Feature.SUPRESSED_COMPLEMENTISER, true);

                foreach (NLGElement eachModifier in frontModifiers)
                {
                    if (verbElement is PhraseElement)
                    {
                        ((PhraseElement)verbElement).addPostModifier(eachModifier);
                    }
                }
                phrase.removeFeature(InternalFeature.FRONT_MODIFIERS);
                if (verbElement != null)
                {
                    verbElement.setFeature(InternalFeature.NON_MORPH, true);
                }
            }
        }
Exemplo n.º 4
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        /**
         * check that the phrases supplied are sentences and have the same VP
         * premodifiers and postmodifiers
         *
         * @param sentences
         *            the sentences
         * @return <code>true</code> if all pairs of sentences have VPs with the
         *         same pre and postmodifiers
         */
        public static bool sameVPModifiers(params NLGElement[] sentences)
        {
            bool equal = sentences.Length >= 2;

            for (int i = 1; i < sentences.Length && equal; i++)
            {
                NLGElement vp1 = sentences[i - 1].getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);
                NLGElement vp2 = sentences[i].getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);

                equal = vp1.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS).Equals(vp2.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.POSTMODIFIERS)) && vp1.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.PREMODIFIERS).Equals(vp2.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.PREMODIFIERS));
            }

            return(equal);
        }
Exemplo n.º 5
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        /**
         * Check that the sentences supplied have the same complements at VP level.
         *
         * @param sentences
         *            the sentences
         * @return <code>true</code> if for every pair of sentences <code>s1</code>
         *         and <code>s2</code>, their VPs have the same pre- and
         *         post-modifiers and complements.
         */
        public static bool sameVPArgs(params NLGElement[] sentences)
        {
            bool equal = sentences.Length >= 2;

            for (int i = 1; i < sentences.Length && equal; i++)
            {
                NLGElement vp1 = sentences[i - 1].getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);
                NLGElement vp2 = sentences[i].getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);

                equal = vp1.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.COMPLEMENTS).Equals(vp2.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.COMPLEMENTS));
            }

            return(equal);
        }
Exemplo n.º 6
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 private void recursiveElide(NLGElement component)
 {
     if (component is ListElement)
     {
         foreach (NLGElement subcomponent in component.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.COMPONENTS))
         {
             recursiveElide(subcomponent);
         }
     }
     else
     {
         component.setFeature(Feature.ELIDED, true);
     }
 }
Exemplo n.º 7
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        private static IList <NLGElement> getAllChildren(NLGElement element)
        {
            IList <NLGElement> children   = new List <NLGElement>();
            IList <NLGElement> components = element is ListElement?element.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.COMPONENTS) : element.Children;

            foreach (NLGElement child in components)
            {
                children.Add(child);

                if (child.Category == PhraseCategory.PhraseCategoryEnum.VERB_PHRASE || (DiscourseFunction)child.getFeature(InternalFeature.DISCOURSE_FUNCTION) == DiscourseFunction.VERB_PHRASE)
                {
                    ((List <NLGElement>)children).AddRange(getAllChildren(child));
                }
            }

            return(children);
        }
Exemplo n.º 8
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        /**
         * Realises the complements of passive clauses; also sets number, person for
         * passive
         *
         * @param phrase
         *            the <code>PhraseElement</code> representing this clause.
         * @param parent
         *            the parent <code>SyntaxProcessor</code> that will do the
         *            realisation of the complementiser.
         * @param realisedElement
         *            the current realisation of the clause.
         * @param verbElement
         *            the <code>NLGElement</code> representing the verb phrase for
         *            this clause.
         */
        private static NLGElement addPassiveComplementsNumberPerson(PhraseElement phrase, SyntaxProcessor parent, ListElement realisedElement, NLGElement verbElement)
        {
            object     passiveNumber  = null;
            object     passivePerson  = null;
            NLGElement currentElement = null;
            NLGElement splitVerb      = null;
            NLGElement verbPhrase     = phrase.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.VERB_PHRASE);

            // count complements to set plural feature if more than one
            int  numComps  = 0;
            bool coordSubj = false;

            if (phrase.getFeatureAsBoolean(Feature.PASSIVE) && verbPhrase != null && !InterrogativeType.WHAT_OBJECT.Equals(phrase.getFeature(Feature.INTERROGATIVE_TYPE)))
            {
                // complements of a clause are stored in the VPPhraseSpec
                foreach (NLGElement subject in verbPhrase.getFeatureAsElementList(InternalFeature.COMPLEMENTS))
                {
                    // AG: complement needn't be an NP
                    // subject.isA(PhraseCategory.NOUN_PHRASE) &&
                    if (DiscourseFunction.OBJECT.Equals(subject.getFeature(InternalFeature.DISCOURSE_FUNCTION)))
                    {
                        subject.setFeature(Feature.PASSIVE, true);
                        numComps++;
                        currentElement = parent.realise(subject);

                        if (currentElement != null)
                        {
                            currentElement.setFeature(InternalFeature.DISCOURSE_FUNCTION, DiscourseFunction.OBJECT);

                            if (phrase.hasFeature(Feature.INTERROGATIVE_TYPE))
                            {
                                splitVerb = currentElement;
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                realisedElement.addComponent(currentElement);
                            }
                        }

                        // flag if passive subject is coordinated with an "and"
                        if (!coordSubj && subject is CoordinatedPhraseElement)
                        {
                            string conj = ((CoordinatedPhraseElement)subject).Conjunction;
                            coordSubj = (!ReferenceEquals(conj, null) && conj.Equals("and"));
                        }

                        if (passiveNumber == null)
                        {
                            passiveNumber = subject.getFeature(Feature.NUMBER);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            passiveNumber = NumberAgreement.PLURAL;
                        }

                        if (Person.FIRST.Equals(subject.getFeature(Feature.PERSON)))
                        {
                            passivePerson = Person.FIRST;
                        }
                        else if (Person.SECOND.Equals(subject.getFeature(Feature.PERSON)) && !Person.FIRST.Equals(passivePerson))
                        {
                            passivePerson = Person.SECOND;
                        }
                        else if (passivePerson == null)
                        {
                            passivePerson = Person.THIRD;
                        }

                        if (Form.GERUND.Equals(phrase.getFeature(Feature.FORM)) && !phrase.getFeatureAsBoolean(Feature.SUPPRESS_GENITIVE_IN_GERUND))
                        {
                            subject.setFeature(Feature.POSSESSIVE, true);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            if (verbElement != null)
            {
                if (passivePerson != null)
                {
                    verbElement.setFeature(Feature.PERSON, passivePerson);
                    // below commented out. for non-passive, number and person set
                    // by checkSubjectNumberPerson
                    // } else {
                    // verbElement.setFeature(Feature.PERSON, phrase
                    // .getFeature(Feature.PERSON));
                }

                if (numComps > 1 || coordSubj)
                {
                    verbElement.setFeature(Feature.NUMBER, NumberAgreement.PLURAL);
                }
                else if (passiveNumber != null)
                {
                    verbElement.setFeature(Feature.NUMBER, passiveNumber);
                }
            }
            return(splitVerb);
        }