NAME

WordNet::Tools - Some tools for use with WordNet.

SYNOPSIS

  use WordNet::QueryData;

  use WordNet::Tools;

  my $wn = WordNet::QueryData->new;

  my $wntools = WordNet::Tools->new($wn);

  my $wnHashCode = $wntools->hashCode();

  my $newstring = $wntools->compoundify("find compound words like new york city in this text");

DESCRIPTION

This module provides some tools for use with WordNet. For example, the 'compoundify' method detects compound words (as found in WordNet) in a text string and it combines these words into single tokens using underscore separators. Another tool in this module generates a unique hash code corresponding to a WordNet distribution. This hash code is meant to replace the "version" information in WordNet, which is no longer reliable.

METHODS

The following methods are defined:

WordNet::Tools->new($wn)

This is a constructor for this class (and creates a new object of this class). It requires a WordNet::QueryData object as a parameter.

Parameters: $wn -- a WordNet::QueryData object.

Returns: a new WordNet::Tools object.

$wntools->compoundify($string)

This is method identifies all compound words occurring in the given input string. Compound words are multi-word tokens appearing in WordNet.

Parameters: $string -- an input text string.

Returns: a string with compound words identified.

$wntools->getCompoundsList()

This method returns the list of compound words present in WordNet.

Parameters: none

Returns: reference to an array of compounds.

$wntools->hashCode()

This is method returns a unique identifier representing a specific distribution of WordNet.

Parameters: none.

Returns: a unique identifier (string).

EXPORT

None by default.

AUTHORS

  Ted Pedersen, University of Minnesota, Duluth
  tpederse at d.umn.edu

  Siddharth Patwardhan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
  sidd at cs.utah.edu

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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