Module: Linguistics::EN::LinkParser

Extended by:
SingletonMethods
Defined in:
lib/linguistics/en/linkparser.rb

Overview

LinkParser support for the English-language Linguistics module. LinkParser enables grammatic queries of English language sentences.

# Test to see whether or not the link parser is loaded.
Linguistics::EN.has_link_parser?
# => true

# Diagram the first linkage for a test sentence
puts "he is a big dog".en.sentence.linkages.first.to_s

—O*— | --Ds-- 

 +Ss+ |  +-A-+ 
 |  | |  |   | 
he is a big dog

# Find the verb in the sentence
"he is a big dog".en.sentence.verb.to_s      
# => "is"

# Combined infinitive + LinkParser: Find the infinitive form of the verb of the
given sentence.
"he is a big dog".en.sentence.verb.infinitive
# => "be"

# Find the direct object of the sentence
"he is a big dog".en.sentence.object.to_s
# => "dog"

# Combine WordNet + LinkParser to find the definition of the direct object of
# the sentence
"he is a big dog".en.sentence.object.gloss
# => "a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that
has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds;
\"the dog barked all night\""

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: SingletonMethods

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from SingletonMethods

has_linkparser?, linkparser_error

Class Method Details

.lp_dict ⇒ Object

The instance of LinkParser used for all Linguistics LinkParser functions.



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# File 'lib/linguistics/en/linkparser.rb', line 77

def self::lp_dict
	if !self.has_linkparser?
		raise NotImplementedError,
			"LinkParser functions are not loaded: %s" %
			self.lp_error.message
	end

	return @lp_dict ||= LinkParser::Dictionary.new( :verbosity => 0 )
end

Instance Method Details

#sentence ⇒ Object

Return a LinkParser::Sentence for the stringified obj.



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# File 'lib/linguistics/en/linkparser.rb', line 97

def sentence
	return Linguistics::EN::LinkParser.lp_dict.parse( self.to_s )
end