gate.wordnet
Interface Synset

All Known Implementing Classes:

SynsetImpl

public interface Synset

Represents WordNet synset.

Method Summary

String	getGloss() textual description of the synset
long	getOffset() offset in index files
int	getPOS() returns the part-of-speech for this synset, see WordNet::POS_XXX constants
List	getSemanticRelations() get the SemanticRelation-s of this synset
List	getSemanticRelations(int type) get the SemanticRelation-s of specific type (HYPERNYm) for this synset
WordSense	getWordSense(int offset) get specific WordSense according to its order in the synset - most important senses come first
List	getWordSenses() WordSenses contained in this synset
boolean	isUniqueBeginner() is this synset a UB - i.e. has no hypernym

Method Detail

getPOS

int getPOS()

returns the part-of-speech for this synset, see WordNet::POS_XXX constants

isUniqueBeginner

boolean isUniqueBeginner()
                         throws WordNetException

is this synset a UB - i.e. has no hypernym

Throws:

WordNetException

getGloss

String getGloss()

textual description of the synset

getOffset

long getOffset()

offset in index files

getWordSenses

List getWordSenses()

WordSenses contained in this synset

getWordSense

WordSense getWordSense(int offset)

get specific WordSense according to its order in the synset - most important senses come first

getSemanticRelations

List getSemanticRelations()
                          throws WordNetException

get the SemanticRelation-s of this synset

Throws:

WordNetException

getSemanticRelations

List getSemanticRelations(int type)
                          throws WordNetException

get the SemanticRelation-s of specific type (HYPERNYm) for this synset

Throws:

WordNetException