/**
* Initializes the list-based NE taggers.
*
* @param listDirectory path of the directory the list files are located in
*/
public static void loadListTaggers(String listDirectory) {
if (lists.length > 0) return;
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg(" ...loading lists");
ArrayList<String> listsList = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<String> listNamesList = new ArrayList<String>();
File[] listFiles =
new File(listDirectory)
.listFiles(
new FileFilter() {
public boolean accept(File pathname) {
return pathname.getName().endsWith(".lst");
}
});
Arrays.sort(listFiles);
for (File list : listFiles) {
String listName = list.getName();
listsList.add(list.getName());
listName = listName.substring(0, (listName.length() - 4));
listNamesList.add("NE" + listName);
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg(" ...for NE" + listName);
}
lists = listsList.toArray(new String[listsList.size()]);
listNames = listNamesList.toArray(new String[listNamesList.size()]);
}
/**
* Entry point of Ephyra. Initializes the engine and starts the command line interface.
*
* @param args command line arguments are ignored
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// enable output of status and error messages
MsgPrinter.enableStatusMsgs(true);
MsgPrinter.enableErrorMsgs(true);
// set log file and enable logging
Logger.setLogfile("log/OpenEphyra");
Logger.enableLogging(true);
// initialize Ephyra and start command line interface
(new OpenEphyra()).commandLine();
}
/**
* Runs the pipeline and returns an array of up to <code>maxAnswers</code> results that have a
* score of at least <code>absThresh</code>.
*
* @param aq analyzed question
* @param maxAnswers maximum number of answers
* @param absThresh absolute threshold for scores
* @return array of results
*/
protected Result[] runPipeline(AnalyzedQuestion aq, int maxAnswers, float absThresh) {
// query generation
MsgPrinter.printGeneratingQueries();
Query[] queries = QueryGeneration.getQueries(aq);
// search
MsgPrinter.printSearching();
Result[] results = Search.doSearch(queries);
// answer selection
MsgPrinter.printSelectingAnswers();
results = AnswerSelection.getResults(results, maxAnswers, absThresh);
return results;
}
/**
* A command line interface for Ephyra.
*
* <p>Repeatedly queries the user for a question, asks the system the question and prints out and
* logs the results.
*
* <p>The command <code>exit</code> can be used to quit the program.
*/
public void commandLine() {
while (true) {
// query user for question, quit if user types in "exit"
MsgPrinter.printQuestionPrompt();
String question = readLine().trim();
if (question.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) System.exit(0);
// determine question type and extract question string
String type;
if (question.matches("(?i)" + FACTOID + ":.*+")) {
// factoid question
type = FACTOID;
question = question.split(":", 2)[1].trim();
} else if (question.matches("(?i)" + LIST + ":.*+")) {
// list question
type = LIST;
question = question.split(":", 2)[1].trim();
} else {
// question type unspecified
type = FACTOID; // default type
}
// ask question
Result[] results = new Result[0];
if (type.equals(FACTOID)) {
Logger.logFactoidStart(question);
results = askFactoid(question, FACTOID_MAX_ANSWERS, FACTOID_ABS_THRESH);
Logger.logResults(results);
Logger.logFactoidEnd();
} else if (type.equals(LIST)) {
Logger.logListStart(question);
results = askList(question, LIST_REL_THRESH);
Logger.logResults(results);
Logger.logListEnd();
}
// print answers
MsgPrinter.printAnswers(results);
}
}
/**
* Asks Ephyra a factoid question and returns up to <code>maxAnswers</code> results that have a
* score of at least <code>absThresh</code>.
*
* @param question factoid question
* @param maxAnswers maximum number of answers
* @param absThresh absolute threshold for scores
* @return array of results
*/
public Result[] askFactoid(String question, int maxAnswers, float absThresh) {
// initialize pipeline
initFactoid();
// analyze question
MsgPrinter.printAnalyzingQuestion();
AnalyzedQuestion aq = QuestionAnalysis.analyze(question);
// get answers
Result[] results = runPipeline(aq, maxAnswers, absThresh);
return results;
}
/**
* Creates the OpenNLP name finders and sets the named entity types that are recognized by the
* finders.
*
* @param dir directory containing the models for the name finders
* @return true, iff the name finders were created successfully
*/
public static boolean loadNameFinders(String dir) {
File[] files = FileUtils.getFiles(dir);
finders = new NameFinder[files.length];
finderNames = new String[files.length];
try {
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
MaxentModel model = new SuffixSensitiveGISModelReader(files[i]).getModel();
finders[i] = new NameFinder(model);
finderNames[i] = files[i].getName().split("\\.")[0];
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg(" ...for " + finderNames[i]);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
/**
* Initializes the regular expression based NE taggers.
*
* @param regExListFileName path and name of the file the names of the patterns in use are found
* in
*/
public static void loadRegExTaggers(String regExListFileName) {
if (patterns.length > 0) return;
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg(" ...loading patterns");
ArrayList<String> patternNameList = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<Pattern> patternList = new ArrayList<Pattern>();
ArrayList<Integer> patternMaxTokensList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
ArrayList<String> quantityPatternNameList = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<Pattern> quantityPatternList = new ArrayList<Pattern>();
ArrayList<Integer> quantityPatternMaxTokensList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
ArrayList<String> quantityUnitPatternNameList = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<Pattern> quantityUnitPatternList = new ArrayList<Pattern>();
ArrayList<Integer> quantityUnitPatternMaxTokensList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
try {
BufferedReader br =
new BufferedReader(
new FileReader(
regExListFileName)); // new BufferedReader(new
// FileReader("./res/nlp/netagger/patterns.lst"));
String line;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
String neName = "NE" + line;
String patternFieldNamePrefix = "";
for (int c = 0; c < line.length(); c++) {
char ch = line.charAt(c);
if (Character.isUpperCase(ch)) patternFieldNamePrefix += "_" + ch;
else patternFieldNamePrefix += Character.toUpperCase(ch);
}
String regExFieldName = patternFieldNamePrefix;
String patternFieldName = patternFieldNamePrefix + "_PATTERN";
String maxTokensFieldName = patternFieldNamePrefix + "_MAX_TOKENS";
try {
Field regExField = RegExMatcher.class.getField(regExFieldName);
Field patternField = RegExMatcher.class.getField(patternFieldName);
Field maxTokensField = RegExMatcher.class.getField(maxTokensFieldName);
String regEx = regExField.get(null).toString();
Pattern pattern = ((Pattern) patternField.get(null));
int maxTokens = maxTokensField.getInt(null);
boolean isQuantity =
((regEx.indexOf(RegExMatcher.NUMBER) != -1) && !regEx.equals(RegExMatcher.NUMBER));
if (isQuantity) {
try {
String unitPatternFieldName = patternFieldNamePrefix + "_UNIT_PATTERN";
String unitMaxTokensFieldName = patternFieldNamePrefix + "_UNIT_MAX_TOKENS";
Field unitPatternField = RegExMatcher.class.getField(unitPatternFieldName);
Field unitMaxTokensField = RegExMatcher.class.getField(unitMaxTokensFieldName);
Pattern unitPattern = ((Pattern) unitPatternField.get(null));
int unitMaxTokens = unitMaxTokensField.getInt(null);
quantityPatternNameList.add(neName);
quantityPatternList.add(pattern);
quantityPatternMaxTokensList.add(new Integer(maxTokens));
quantityUnitPatternNameList.add(neName);
quantityUnitPatternList.add(unitPattern);
quantityUnitPatternMaxTokensList.add(new Integer(unitMaxTokens));
} catch (Exception e) {
isQuantity = false;
}
}
if (!isQuantity) {
patternNameList.add(neName);
patternList.add(pattern);
patternMaxTokensList.add(new Integer(maxTokens));
}
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg(" ...for " + neName);
} catch (Exception e) {
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg(" ...could not add " + neName);
}
}
patternNames = new String[patternNameList.size()];
patterns = new Pattern[patternList.size()];
patternMaxTokens = new int[patternMaxTokensList.size()];
for (int p = 0; p < patternNameList.size(); p++) {
patternNames[p] = patternNameList.get(p);
patterns[p] = patternList.get(p);
patternMaxTokens[p] = patternMaxTokensList.get(p).intValue();
}
quantityPatternNames = new String[quantityPatternNameList.size()];
quantityPatterns = new Pattern[quantityPatternList.size()];
quantityUnitPatterns = new Pattern[quantityUnitPatternList.size()];
// quantityPatternMaxTokens = new int[quantityPatternMaxTokensList.size()];
quantityUnitPatternMaxTokens = new int[quantityUnitPatternMaxTokensList.size()];
for (int p = 0; p < quantityPatternNameList.size(); p++) {
quantityPatternNames[p] = quantityPatternNameList.get(p);
quantityPatterns[p] = quantityPatternList.get(p);
quantityUnitPatterns[p] = quantityUnitPatternList.get(p);
// quantityPatternMaxTokens[p] = quantityPatternMaxTokensList.get(p);
quantityUnitPatternMaxTokens[p] = quantityUnitPatternMaxTokensList.get(p);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
allPatternNames = new String[patterns.length + 1 + quantityUnitPatterns.length];
for (int i = 0; i < patternNames.length; i++) allPatternNames[i] = patternNames[i];
allPatternNames[patternNames.length] = "NEnumber";
for (int i = 0; i < quantityPatternNames.length; i++)
allPatternNames[patternNames.length + i + 1] = quantityPatternNames[i];
}
/**
* Creates a new instance of Ephyra and initializes the system.
*
* <p>For use as an API.
*
* @param dir directory of Ephyra
*/
public OpenEphyra(String dir) {
this.dir = dir;
MsgPrinter.printInitializing();
// create tokenizer
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating tokenizer...");
if (!OpenNLP.createTokenizer(dir + "res/nlp/tokenizer/opennlp/EnglishTok.bin.gz"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create tokenizer.");
// LingPipe.createTokenizer();
// create sentence detector
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating sentence detector...");
if (!OpenNLP.createSentenceDetector(dir + "res/nlp/sentencedetector/opennlp/EnglishSD.bin.gz"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create sentence detector.");
LingPipe.createSentenceDetector();
// create stemmer
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating stemmer...");
SnowballStemmer.create();
// create part of speech tagger
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating POS tagger...");
if (!OpenNLP.createPosTagger(
dir + "res/nlp/postagger/opennlp/tag.bin.gz", dir + "res/nlp/postagger/opennlp/tagdict"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create OpenNLP POS tagger.");
// if (!StanfordPosTagger.init(dir + "res/nlp/postagger/stanford/" +
// "wsj3t0-18-bidirectional/train-wsj-0-18.holder"))
// MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create Stanford POS tagger.");
// create chunker
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating chunker...");
if (!OpenNLP.createChunker(dir + "res/nlp/phrasechunker/opennlp/EnglishChunk.bin.gz"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create chunker.");
// create syntactic parser
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating syntactic parser...");
// if (!OpenNLP.createParser(dir + "res/nlp/syntacticparser/opennlp/"))
// MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create OpenNLP parser.");
try {
StanfordParser.initialize();
} catch (Exception e) {
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create Stanford parser.");
}
// create named entity taggers
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating NE taggers...");
NETagger.loadListTaggers(dir + "res/nlp/netagger/lists/");
NETagger.loadRegExTaggers(dir + "res/nlp/netagger/patterns.lst");
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg(" ...loading models");
// if (!NETagger.loadNameFinders(dir + "res/nlp/netagger/opennlp/"))
// MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create OpenNLP NE tagger.");
if (!StanfordNeTagger.isInitialized() && !StanfordNeTagger.init())
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create Stanford NE tagger.");
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg(" ...done");
// create linker
// MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating linker...");
// if (!OpenNLP.createLinker(dir + "res/nlp/corefresolver/opennlp/"))
// MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create linker.");
// create WordNet dictionary
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Creating WordNet dictionary...");
if (!WordNet.initialize(dir + "res/ontologies/wordnet/file_properties.xml"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not create WordNet dictionary.");
// load function words (numbers are excluded)
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Loading function verbs...");
if (!FunctionWords.loadIndex(dir + "res/indices/functionwords_nonumbers"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not load function words.");
// load prepositions
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Loading prepositions...");
if (!Prepositions.loadIndex(dir + "res/indices/prepositions"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not load prepositions.");
// load irregular verbs
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Loading irregular verbs...");
if (!IrregularVerbs.loadVerbs(dir + "res/indices/irregularverbs"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not load irregular verbs.");
// load word frequencies
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Loading word frequencies...");
if (!WordFrequencies.loadIndex(dir + "res/indices/wordfrequencies"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not load word frequencies.");
// load query reformulators
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Loading query reformulators...");
if (!QuestionReformulationG.loadReformulators(dir + "res/reformulations/"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not load query reformulators.");
// load answer types
// MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Loading answer types...");
// if (!AnswerTypeTester.loadAnswerTypes(dir +
// "res/answertypes/patterns/answertypepatterns"))
// MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not load answer types.");
// load question patterns
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Loading question patterns...");
if (!QuestionInterpreter.loadPatterns(dir + "res/patternlearning/questionpatterns/"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not load question patterns.");
// load answer patterns
MsgPrinter.printStatusMsg("Loading answer patterns...");
if (!AnswerPatternFilter.loadPatterns(dir + "res/patternlearning/answerpatterns/"))
MsgPrinter.printErrorMsg("Could not load answer patterns.");
}
