rita
Class RiPluralizer

java.lang.Object
  rita.RiObject
      rita.RiPluralizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

processing.core.PConstants, RiConstants

public class RiPluralizer
extends RiObject

A simple pluralizer for nouns. Pass it a stemmed noun (see RiStemmer) and it will return the plural form. Uses a combination of letter-based rules and a lookup table of irregular exceptions, e.g., 'appendix' -> 'appendices'

    RiPluralizer rp = new RiPluralizer();
    RiStemmer rs = new RiStemmer();

    String stem = rs.stem("dogs");
    System.out.println(rp.pluralize(stem));
    // returns "dogs"

    stem = rs.stem("appendix");
    System.out.println(rp.pluralize(stem));
    // returns "appendices"

    

    Note: this implementation is based closely on rules found in the MorphG package,
    further described here:

      Minnen, G., Carroll, J., and Pearce, D. (2001). Applied Morphological Processing of English.
      Natural Language Engineering 7(3): 207--223.









Field Summary

 
Fields inherited from interface rita.support.RiConstants
BEHAVIOR_COMPLETED, BOUNDING_BOX_ALPHA, BRILL_POS_TAGGER, EASE_IN, EASE_IN_CUBIC, EASE_IN_EXPO, EASE_IN_OUT, EASE_IN_OUT_CUBIC, EASE_IN_OUT_EXPO, EASE_IN_OUT_QUARTIC, EASE_IN_OUT_SINE, EASE_IN_QUARTIC, EASE_IN_SINE, EASE_OUT, EASE_OUT_CUBIC, EASE_OUT_EXPO, EASE_OUT_QUARTIC, EASE_OUT_SINE, ESS, FADE_COLOR, FADE_IN, FADE_OUT, FADE_TO_TEXT, FIRST_PERSON, FUTURE_TENSE, ID, LERP, LINEAR, MAXENT_POS_TAGGER, MINIM, MOVE, MUTABLE, PAST_TENSE, PHONEME_BOUNDARY, PHONEMES, PLING_STEMMER, PLURAL, PORTER_STEMMER, POS, PRESENT_TENSE, SCALE_TO, SECOND_PERSON, SENTENCE_BOUNDARY, SINGULAR, SONIA, SPEECH_COMPLETED, STRESSES, SYLLABLE_BOUNDARY, SYLLABLES, TEXT, TEXT_ENTERED, THIRD_PERSON, TIMER, TIMER_COMPLETED, TIMER_TICK, TOKENS, UNKNOWN, WORD_BOUNDARY
 
Fields inherited from interface processing.core.PConstants
A, AB, ADD, AG, ALPHA, ALPHA_MASK, ALT, AMBIENT, AR, ARC, ARGB, ARROW, B, BACKSPACE, BASELINE, BEEN_LIT, BEVEL, BLEND, BLUE_MASK, BLUR, BOTTOM, BOX, BURN, CENTER, CENTER_DIAMETER, CENTER_RADIUS, CHATTER, CLOSE, CMYK, CODED, COMPLAINT, CONTROL, CORNER, CORNERS, CROSS, CUSTOM, DA, DARKEST, DB, DEG_TO_RAD, DELETE, DG, DIAMETER, DIFFERENCE, DILATE, DIRECTIONAL, DISABLE_ACCURATE_TEXTURES, DISABLE_DEPTH_SORT, DISABLE_DEPTH_TEST, DISABLE_OPENGL_2X_SMOOTH, DISABLE_OPENGL_ERROR_REPORT, DODGE, DOWN, DR, DXF, EB, EDGE, EG, ELLIPSE, ENABLE_ACCURATE_TEXTURES, ENABLE_DEPTH_SORT, ENABLE_DEPTH_TEST, ENABLE_NATIVE_FONTS, ENABLE_OPENGL_2X_SMOOTH, ENABLE_OPENGL_4X_SMOOTH, ENABLE_OPENGL_ERROR_REPORT, ENTER, EPSILON, ER, ERODE, ERROR_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_FORMAT, ERROR_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_SIZE, ERROR_PUSHMATRIX_OVERFLOW, ERROR_PUSHMATRIX_UNDERFLOW, ERROR_TEXTFONT_NULL_PFONT, ESC, EXCLUSION, G, GIF, GRAY, GREEN_MASK, HALF_PI, HAND, HARD_LIGHT, HINT_COUNT, HSB, IMAGE, INVERT, JAVA2D, JPEG, LEFT, LIGHTEST, LINE, LINES, LINUX, MACOSX, MAX_FLOAT, MAX_INT, MIN_FLOAT, MIN_INT, MITER, MODEL, MULTIPLY, NORMAL, NORMALIZED, NX, NY, NZ, OPAQUE, OPEN, OPENGL, ORTHOGRAPHIC, OTHER, OVERLAY, P2D, P3D, PATH, PDF, PERSPECTIVE, PI, platformNames, POINT, POINTS, POLYGON, POSTERIZE, PROBLEM, PROJECT, QUAD, QUAD_STRIP, QUADS, QUARTER_PI, R, RAD_TO_DEG, RADIUS, RECT, RED_MASK, REPLACE, RETURN, RGB, RIGHT, ROUND, SA, SB, SCREEN, SG, SHAPE, SHIFT, SHINE, SOFT_LIGHT, SPB, SPG, SPHERE, SPOT, SPR, SQUARE, SR, SUBTRACT, SW, TAB, TARGA, THIRD_PI, THRESHOLD, TIFF, TOP, TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE_FAN, TRIANGLE_STRIP, TRIANGLES, TWO_PI, TX, TY, TZ, U, UP, V, VERTEX_FIELD_COUNT, VW, VX, VY, VZ, WAIT, WHITESPACE, WINDOWS, X, Y, Z
 



Constructor Summary
RiPluralizer()



           
RiPluralizer(processing.core.PApplet pApplet)



           
 



Method Summary




static void
main(java.lang.String[] args)



           



static void
mainX(java.lang.String[] args)



          Delegates to the default stemmer to return 
 whether the specified word is plural.



 java.lang.String
pluralize(java.lang.String noun)



          Returns the regular or irregular plural form of noun.


 
Methods inherited from class rita.RiObject
dispose, getId, getPApplet, nextId
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 





Constructor Detail



RiPluralizer
public RiPluralizer()





RiPluralizer
public RiPluralizer(processing.core.PApplet pApplet)






Method Detail



pluralize
public java.lang.String pluralize(java.lang.String noun)

Returns the regular or irregular plural form of noun. Note: this method requires
 a pre-stemmed noun (see RiStemmer) for proper function.


See Also:
RiStemmer





mainX
public static void mainX(java.lang.String[] args)

Delegates to the default stemmer to return 
 whether the specified word is plural.








main
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)