Codified:
/**
* Represents the English parts-of-speech, encoded using the
* de facto <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~treebank/">Penn Treebank
* Project</a> standard.
*
* @see <a href="ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/treebank/doc/tagguide.ps.gz">Penn Treebank Specification</a>
*/
public enum PartOfSpeech {
ADJECTIVE( "JJ" ),
ADJECTIVE_COMPARATIVE( ADJECTIVE + "R" ),
ADJECTIVE_SUPERLATIVE( ADJECTIVE + "S" ),
/* This category includes most words that end in -ly as well as degree
* words like quite, too and very, posthead modi ers like enough and
* indeed (as in good enough, very well indeed), and negative markers like
* not, n t and never.
*/
ADVERB( "RB" ),
/* Adverbs with the comparative ending -er but without a strictly comparative
* meaning, like <i>later</i> in <i>We can always come by later</i>, should
* simply be tagged as RB.
*/
ADVERB_COMPARATIVE( ADVERB + "R" ),
ADVERB_SUPERLATIVE( ADVERB + "S" ),
/* This category includes how, where, why, etc.
*/
ADVERB_WH( "W" + ADVERB ),
/* This category includes and, but, nor, or, yet (as in Y et it s cheap,
* cheap yet good), as well as the mathematical operators plus, minus, less,
* times (in the sense of "multiplied by") and over (in the sense of "divided
* by"), when they are spelled out. <i>For</i> in the sense of "because" is
* a coordinating conjunction (CC) rather than a subordinating conjunction.
*/
CONJUNCTION_COORDINATING( "CC" ),
CONJUNCTION_SUBORDINATING( "IN" ),
CARDINAL_NUMBER( "CD" ),
DETERMINER( "DT" ),
/* This category includes which, as well as that when it is used as a
* relative pronoun.
*/
DETERMINER_WH( "W" + DETERMINER ),
EXISTENTIAL_THERE( "EX" ),
FOREIGN_WORD( "FW" ),
LIST_ITEM_MARKER( "LS" ),
NOUN( "NN" ),
NOUN_PLURAL( NOUN + "S" ),
NOUN_PROPER_SINGULAR( NOUN + "P" ),
NOUN_PROPER_PLURAL( NOUN + "PS" ),
PREDETERMINER( "PDT" ),
POSSESSIVE_ENDING( "POS" ),
PRONOUN_PERSONAL( "PRP" ),
PRONOUN_POSSESSIVE( "PRP$" ),
/* This category includes the wh-word whose.
*/
PRONOUN_POSSESSIVE_WH( "WP$" ),
/* This category includes what, who and whom.
*/
PRONOUN_WH( "WP" ),
PARTICLE( "RP" ),
/* This tag should be used for mathematical, scientific and technical symbols
* or expressions that aren t English words. It should not used for any and
* all technical expressions. For instance, the names of chemicals, units of
* measurements (including abbreviations thereof) and the like should be
* tagged as nouns.
*/
SYMBOL( "SYM" ),
TO( "TO" ),
/* This category includes my (as in M y, what a gorgeous day), oh, please,
* see (as in See, it s like this), uh, well and yes, among others.
*/
INTERJECTION( "UH" ),
VERB( "VB" ),
VERB_PAST_TENSE( VERB + "D" ),
VERB_PARTICIPLE_PRESENT( VERB + "G" ),
VERB_PARTICIPLE_PAST( VERB + "N" ),
VERB_SINGULAR_PRESENT_NONTHIRD_PERSON( VERB + "P" ),
VERB_SINGULAR_PRESENT_THIRD_PERSON( VERB + "Z" ),
/* This category includes all verbs that don t take an -s ending in the
* third person singular present: can, could, (dare), may, might, must,
* ought, shall, should, will, would.
*/
VERB_MODAL( "MD" ),
/* Stanford.
*/
SENTENCE_TERMINATOR( "." );
private final String tag;
private PartOfSpeech( String tag ) {
this.tag = tag;
}
/**
* Returns the encoding for this part-of-speech.
*
* @return A string representing a Penn Treebank encoding for an English
* part-of-speech.
*/
public String toString() {
return getTag();
}
protected String getTag() {
return this.tag;
}
public static PartOfSpeech get( String value ) {
for( PartOfSpeech v : values() ) {
if( value.equals( v.getTag() ) ) {
return v;
}
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Unknown part of speech: " + value + " ." );
}
}
