Parser (Stanford JavaNLP API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

KBestViterbiParser, ViterbiParser, ViterbiParserWithOptions

All Known Implementing Classes:

BiLexPCFGParser, BiLexPCFGParser.N5BiLexPCFGParser, ExhaustiveDependencyParser, ExhaustivePCFGParser, FastFactoredParser, IterativeCKYPCFGParser
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public interface Parser
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The interface for parser objects. The only responsibility of a parser is to return the parsability of input sentences. That is, parsers need only actually be recognizers/acceptors.
Specification of the grammar or model parameters is meant to be done by implementing classes' constructors. If there is no specification of a goal, then this will also be determined by the grammar or implementing class.

Author:

Dan Klein, Christopher Manning

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean parse(List<? extends HasWord> sentence)
  Parses the given sentence.

- Method Detail
  - parse
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boolean parse(List<? extends HasWord> sentence)
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    Parses the given sentence. For any words in the sentence which implement HasTag, the tag will be believed. The return value will be false if the sentence is not parseable. Acceptance is with respect to some goal category, which may be specified by the grammar, or may be a parser default (for instance, S).
    
    Parameters:
    
    sentence - A List<HasWord> to be parsed
    
    Returns:
    
    true iff the sentence is recognized
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - This will be thrown if for any reason the parser can't complete parsing this sentence, for example if the sentence is too long