/**
* ************************************************************************************************************
* Put the "direct object" of this process into natural language.
*/
void formulateNaturalDirectObject() {
StringBuilder sBuild = new StringBuilder();
VerbProperties verbProperties = new VerbPropertiesSimpleImpl();
List<CaseRole> caseRolesToUse =
verbProperties.getCaseRolesForGrammarRole(
getVerb().getVerb(), SVOElement.SVOGrammarPosition.DIRECT_OBJECT);
// It's possible that the direct object slot has already been filled, e.g. by the verb if we
// didn't know how
// to translate the process into natural language. Since only one direct object is allowed, in
// this case we need to
// precede any objects formulated here with a prefix, and add the data to the indirect object
// list.
String prefix = "";
SVOElement element = directObject;
if (!directObject.getSurfaceForm().isEmpty()) {
prefix = "on ";
element = new SVOElement(SVOGrammarPosition.INDIRECT_OBJECT);
indirectObjects.add(element);
}
for (CaseRole role : caseRolesToUse) {
String obj = formulateNounPhraseForCaseRole(role, directObject, kb);
if (!obj.isEmpty()) {
sBuild.append(prefix).append(" ").append(obj).append(" ");
getCaseRolesScratchpad().removeAll(role);
break;
}
}
element.setSurfaceForm(sBuild.toString().replaceAll("\\s+", " ").trim());
}
/**
* ************************************************************************************************************
* Put the subject of this process into natural language.
*/
void formulateNaturalSubject() {
StringBuilder sBuild = new StringBuilder();
VerbProperties verbProperties = new VerbPropertiesSimpleImpl();
List<CaseRole> caseRolesToUse =
verbProperties.getCaseRolesForGrammarRole(
getVerb().getVerb(), SVOElement.SVOGrammarPosition.SUBJECT);
for (CaseRole role : caseRolesToUse) {
String obj = formulateNounPhraseForCaseRole(role, subject, kb);
if (!obj.isEmpty()) {
sBuild.append(" ").append(obj).append(" ");
getCaseRolesScratchpad().removeAll(role);
break;
}
}
subject.setSurfaceForm(sBuild.toString().replaceAll("\\s+", " ").trim());
}
/**
* ************************************************************************************************************
* Put the "indirect object" of this process into natural language.
*/
void formulateNaturalIndirectObject() {
VerbProperties verbProperties = new VerbPropertiesSimpleImpl();
String verb = getVerb().getVerb();
List<CaseRole> caseRolesToUse =
verbProperties.getCaseRolesForGrammarRole(
verb, SVOElement.SVOGrammarPosition.INDIRECT_OBJECT);
for (CaseRole role : caseRolesToUse) {
SVOElement element = new SVOElement(SVOGrammarPosition.INDIRECT_OBJECT);
String obj = formulateNounPhraseForCaseRole(role, element, kb);
if (!obj.isEmpty()) {
List<String> preps = verbProperties.getPrepositionForCaseRole(verb, role);
// TODO: for time being, take just the first one in the list
String prep = preps.get(0);
element.setSurfaceForm(prep + " " + obj + " ");
indirectObjects.add(element);
getCaseRolesScratchpad().removeAll(role);
}
}
}