/**
* Convenience class to realise any NLGElement as a sentence
*
* @param element
* @return String realisation of the NLGElement
*/
public String realiseSentence(NLGElement element) {
NLGElement realised = null;
if (element instanceof DocumentElement) realised = realise(element);
else {
DocumentElement sentence = new DocumentElement(DocumentCategory.SENTENCE, null);
sentence.addComponent(element);
realised = realise(sentence);
}
if (realised == null) return null;
else return realised.getRealisation();
}
@Override
public List<NLGElement> realise(List<NLGElement> elements) {
List<NLGElement> realisedElements = new ArrayList<NLGElement>();
NLGElement currentElement = null;
NLGElement determiner = null;
if (elements != null) {
for (NLGElement eachElement : elements) {
currentElement = realise(eachElement);
if (currentElement != null) {
realisedElements.add(realise(currentElement));
if (determiner == null
&& DiscourseFunction.SPECIFIER.equals(
currentElement.getFeature(InternalFeature.DISCOURSE_FUNCTION))) {
determiner = currentElement;
determiner.setFeature(Feature.NUMBER, eachElement.getFeature(Feature.NUMBER));
// MorphologyRules.doDeterminerMorphology(determiner,
// currentElement.getRealisation());
} else if (determiner != null) {
if (currentElement instanceof ListElement) {
NLGElement firstChild = ((ListElement) currentElement).getChildren().get(0);
if (firstChild != null) {
MorphologyRules.doDeterminerMorphology(determiner, firstChild.getRealisation());
}
} else {
MorphologyRules.doDeterminerMorphology(determiner, currentElement.getRealisation());
}
determiner = null;
}
}
}
}
return realisedElements;
}