Package nltk :: Package chunk :: Module regexp :: Class ChinkRule

type ChinkRule

     object --+    
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RegexpChunkRule --+
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                 ChinkRule

A rule specifying how to remove chinks to a ChunkString, using a matching tag pattern. When applied to a ChunkString, it will find any substring that matches this tag pattern and that is contained in a chunk, and remove it from that chunk, thus creating two new chunks.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, tag_pattern, descr)
Construct a new ChinkRule. source code

string

__repr__(self)
Returns: A string representation of this rule.

source code

Inherited from RegexpChunkRule: apply, descr

Static Methods

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Inherited from RegexpChunkRule: parse

Method Details

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init(self, tag_pattern, descr)
(Constructor)

source code

Construct a new ChinkRule.

Parameters:

tag_pattern (string) - This rule's tag pattern. When applied to a ChunkString, this rule will find any substring that matches this tag pattern and that is contained in a chunk, and remove it from that chunk, thus creating two new chunks.
descr (string) - A short description of the purpose and/or effect of this rule.

Overrides: RegexpChunkRule.__init__

repr(self)
(Representation operator)

source code

Returns: string

A string representation of this rule. This string representation has the form:

   <ChinkRule: '<IN|VB.*>'>

Note that this representation does not include the description string; that string can be accessed separately with the descr method.

Overrides: RegexpChunkRule.__repr__

type ChinkRule

__init__(self, tag_pattern, descr) (Constructor)

__repr__(self) (Representation operator)

init(self, tag_pattern, descr)
(Constructor)

repr(self)
(Representation operator)