/**
* extract information about acronyms from NIH record, and add to a
* simplenlg WordElement.
*
* <P>
* Acronyms are represented as lists of word elements. Any acronym will have
* a list of full form word elements, retrievable via
* {@link LexicalFeature#ACRONYM_OF}
*
* @param wordElement
* @param record
*/
private void addAcronymInfo(WordElement wordElement, LexRecord record)
{
// NB: the acronyms are actually the full forms of which the word is an
// acronym
List <string> acronyms = record.GetAcronyms();
if (!acronyms.isEmpty())
{
// the list of full forms of which this word is an acronym
List <INLGElement> acronymOf = wordElement
.getFeatureAsElementList(LexicalFeature.ACRONYM_OF);
// keep all acronym full forms and set them up as wordElements
foreach (var fullForm in acronyms)
{
if (fullForm.contains("|"))
{
// get the acronym id
string acronymID = fullForm.substring(
fullForm.indexOf("|") + 1, fullForm.length());
// create the full form element
WordElement fullFormWE = this.getWordByID(acronymID);
if (fullForm != null)
{
// add as full form of this acronym
acronymOf.add(fullFormWE);
// List<NLGElement> fullFormAcronyms = fullFormWE
// .getFeatureAsElementList(LexicalFeature.ACRONYMS);
// fullFormAcronyms.add(wordElement);
// fullFormWE.setFeature(LexicalFeature.ACRONYMS,
// fullFormAcronyms);
}
}
}
// set all the full forms for this acronym
wordElement.setFeature(LexicalFeature.ACRONYM_OF, acronymOf);
}
// if (!acronyms.isEmpty()) {
//
// string acronym = acronyms.get(0);
// // remove anything after a |, this will be an NIH ID
// if (acronym.contains("|"))
// acronym = acronym.substring(0, acronym.indexOf("|"));
// wordElement.setFeature(LexicalFeature.ACRONYM_OF, acronym);
// }
return;
}
