Jet.Refres
Class Hobbs

java.lang.Object
  Jet.Refres.Hobbs

public class Hobbs

extends java.lang.Object

functions for computing 'Hobbs distance' for reference resolution.

Constructor Summary

Hobbs()

Method Summary

static int

distance(Annotation m1, Annotation m2, java.util.Vector sentences) computes the distance (number of nodes traversed) in a Hobbs search starting from parse tree node 'm2' and searching backwards for parse tree node 'm1'.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Hobbs

public Hobbs()

Method Detail

distance

public static int distance(Annotation m1,
                           Annotation m2,
                           java.util.Vector sentences)

computes the distance (number of nodes traversed) in a Hobbs search starting from parse tree node 'm2' and searching backwards for parse tree node 'm1'. 'sentences' is a Vector of the sentences in the Document.