POSLibEn.java

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 * Copyright 2014, Emory University
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package edu.emory.clir.clearnlp.pos;

import java.util.Set;

import edu.emory.clir.clearnlp.constituent.CTLibEn;
import edu.emory.clir.clearnlp.util.DSUtils;

/**
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @author Jinho D. Choi ({@code jinho.choi@emory.edu})
 */
public class POSLibEn implements POSTagEn
{
	static private final Set<String> S_PUNCTUATION = DSUtils.toHashSet(POS_COLON, POS_COMMA, POSTagEn.POS_PERIOD, POS_LQ, POS_RQ, POS_LRB, POS_RRB, POS_HYPH, POS_NFP, POS_SYM, POS_PUNC);
	static private final Set<String> S_RELATIVIZER = DSUtils.toHashSet(POS_WDT, POS_WP, POS_WPS, POS_WRB);
	
	private POSLibEn() {}
	
	static public boolean isNoun(String posTag)
	{
		return posTag.startsWith(POS_NN) || posTag.equals(CTLibEn.POS_PRP) || posTag.equals(CTLibEn.POS_WP);
	}
	
	static public boolean isCommonOrProperNoun(String posTag)
	{
		return posTag.startsWith(POS_NN);
	}
	
	static public boolean isPronoun(String posTag)
	{
		return posTag.equals(CTLibEn.POS_PRP) || posTag.equals(CTLibEn.POS_PRPS);
	}
	
	static public boolean isVerb(String posTag)
	{
		return posTag.startsWith(POS_VB);
	}
	
	static public boolean isAdjective(String posTag)
	{
		return posTag.startsWith(POS_JJ);
	}
	
	static public boolean isAdverb(String posTag)
	{
		return posTag.startsWith(POS_RB) || posTag.equals(POS_WRB);
	}
	
	static public boolean isRelativizer(String posTag)
	{
		return S_RELATIVIZER.contains(posTag);
	}
	
	static public boolean isPunctuation(String posTag)
	{
		return S_PUNCTUATION.contains(posTag);
	}
}