edu.mit.jwi.item
Interface IIndexWord

All Superinterfaces:

IHasPOS, IItem<IIndexWordID>

All Known Implementing Classes:

IndexWord

public interface IIndexWord
extends IHasPOS, IItem<IIndexWordID>

A Wordnet index word object, represented in the Wordnet files as a line in an index file.

Since:

JWI 1.0

Version:

2.2.2

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Method Summary

String	getLemma()
int	getTagSenseCount() Returns the number of senses of lemma that are ranked according to their frequency of occurrence in semantic concordance texts.
List<IWordID>	getWordIDs() Returns an immutable list of word id objects, that point to the words for this root form and part of speech combination.

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.item.IHasPOS

getPOS

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.item.IItem

getID

Method Detail

getLemma

String getLemma()

Returns:

the lemma (word root) associated with this index word.

Since:

JWI 1.0

getWordIDs

List<IWordID> getWordIDs()

Returns an immutable list of word id objects, that point to the words for this root form and part of speech combination. The list will neither be null or empty, or contain null.

Returns:

an immutable list of word id objects, that point to the words for this root form and part of speech combination.

Since:

JWI 2.0

getTagSenseCount

int getTagSenseCount()

Returns the number of senses of lemma that are ranked according to their frequency of occurrence in semantic concordance texts. This will be a non-negative number.

Returns:

the number of senses of lemma that are ranked according to their frequency of occurrence in semantic concordance texts.

Since:

JWI 2.1.2