/**
* return the synsets that are either the semantically related synsets, or the synsets containing
* the lexically related words. If the relation is semantic, these synsets can be from 1 to
* #chainingLength WN steps away from the given synset.
*
* @param lemma
* @param synset
* @param relation
* @param chainingLength is the size of transitive relation chaining to be performed on the
* retrieved rules. E.g. if chainingLength = 3, then every hypernym/hyponym, merornym and
* holonym query will return rules with words related up to the 3rd degree (that's 1st, 2nd or
* 3rd) from the original term. Queries on non transitive relations are unaffected by this
* parameter. Must be positive.
* @return
* @throws WordNetException
*/
private Set<Synset> getSemanticOrLexicalNeighbors(
String lemma, Synset synset, WordNetRelation relation, int chainingLength)
throws WordNetException {
Set<Synset> synsets;
if (relation.isLexical()) {
SensedWord sensedWord = dictionary.getSensedWord(lemma, synset);
synsets = new LinkedHashSet<Synset>();
for (SensedWord aSensedWord : sensedWord.getNeighborSensedWords(relation)) {
synsets.add(aSensedWord.getSynset());
}
} else {
synsets = synset.getRelatedSynsets(relation, chainingLength);
}
return synsets;
}
/**
* If relation is lexical, return the {@link SensedWord}s that are directly related to the given
* <lemma, synset>. If relation is semantic, return a {@link SensedWord} for each word in the
* synsets related to the given synset, within #chainingLength steps away.
*
* @param lemma
* @param synset
* @param relation
* @param chainingLength is the size of transitive relation chaining to be performed on the
* retrieved rules. E.g. if chainingLength = 3, then every hypernym/hyponym, merornym and
* holonym query will return rules with words related up to the 3rd degree (that's 1st, 2nd or
* 3rd) from the original term. Queries on non transitive relations are unaffected by this
* parameter. Must be positive.
* @return
* @throws WordNetException
*/
private Set<SensedWord> getSemanticOrLexicalNeighborSensedWords(
String lemma, Synset synset, WordNetRelation relation, int chainingLength)
throws WordNetException {
Set<SensedWord> relatedSensedWords;
if (relation.isLexical()) {
SensedWord sensedWord = dictionary.getSensedWord(lemma, synset);
relatedSensedWords = sensedWord.getNeighborSensedWords(relation);
} else {
relatedSensedWords = new LinkedHashSet<SensedWord>();
Set<Synset> relatedSynsets =
synset.getRelatedSynsets(relation, chainingLength); // getNeighbors(relation);
for (Synset relatedSynset : relatedSynsets)
relatedSensedWords.addAll(relatedSynset.getAllSensedWords());
}
return relatedSensedWords;
}