edu.ucla.sspace.dependency

Class RelationPathWeight

java.lang.Object

edu.ucla.sspace.dependency.RelationPathWeight

All Implemented Interfaces:

DependencyPathWeight

public class RelationPathWeight
extends Object
implements DependencyPathWeight

A DependencyPathWeight that scores paths based on the relations in the path. Paths are weighted asf follows:

"subj" in path, score = 5; "obj" in path, score = 4; "obl" in path, score = 3; "gen" in path, score = 2; all other paths, score = 1;

Author:

Keith Stevens

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RelationPathWeight()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	scorePath(DependencyPath path) Returns the score of the provided DependencyPath.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RelationPathWeight

public RelationPathWeight()

Method Detail

scorePath

public double scorePath(DependencyPath path)

Returns the score of the provided DependencyPath. The score may be a function of the length of the path, arbitrary, e.g., 1 for all paths, or may be a function of the relations and terms in the path.

Specified by:

scorePath in interface DependencyPathWeight

Parameters:

path - A list of the term,relation links in the DependencyPath being scored

Returns:

The score of the dependecy path