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/** This class contains methods for words and parts of speech.
The wordlist files are part of the Moby wordlist project, available at:
http://icon.shef.ac.uk/Moby/
You will need to adjust the MobyPath variable to match your system.
*/
class Words
{
/** A root URL where the Moby wordlists reside */
class var MobyPath = "file:/home/eliasen/prog/mobydict/"
/** A set of nouns. */
class var nouns = new set
/** A set of plurals. */
class var plurals = new set
/** A set of noun phrases. */
class var nounPhrases = new set
/** A set of verbs. */
class var verbs = new set
/** A set of adjectives. */
class var adjectives = new set
/** A set of adverbs. */
class var adverbs = new set
/** A set of conjunctions. */
class var conjunctions = new set
/** A set of prepositions. */
class var prepositions = new set
/** A set of interjections. */
class var interjections = new set
/** A set of pronouns. */
class var pronouns = new set
/** A set of definite and indefinite articles. */
class var articles = new set
/** A set of definite articles. */
class var definiteArticles = new set
/** A set of indefinite articles. (There appear to be none in the wordlist)
*/
class var indefiniteArticles = new set
/** A set of nominatives. (There appear to be none in the wordlist) */
class var nominatives = new set
/** A set of all words. This triggers initialization of all wordlists. */
class var words = Words.initAll[]
/** This triggers initialization of wordlists and returns a set of all
words. */
class initAll[] :=
{
// This will contain a set of all words.
all = new set
pos = url[MobyPath, "mpos/partsofspeechUTF-8.txt"]
for line = lines[pos, "UTF-8"] // Encodings are sorta random
{
if [word, parts] = line =~ %r/(.+)\|(.+)/
{
all.put[word]
// Noun? Including plural or noun phrase
if parts =~ %r/[Nph]/
nouns.put[word]
// Plural?
if parts =~ %r/[p]/
plurals.put[word]
// Noun phrases?
if parts =~ %r/[h]/
nounPhrases.put[word]
// Any type of verb? (verb, transitive, intransitive)
if parts =~ %r/[Vti]/
verbs.put[word]
// Adjective?
if parts =~ %r/[A]/
adjectives.put[word]
// Adverb?
if parts =~ %r/[v]/
adverbs.put[word]
// Conjunction?
if parts =~ %r/[C]/
conjunctions.put[word]
// Preposition?
if parts =~ %r/[P]/
prepositions.put[word]
// Interjection?
if parts =~ %r/[!]/
interjections.put[word]
// Pronoun?
if parts =~ %r/[r]/
pronouns.put[word]
// Definite articles?
if parts =~ %r/[D]/
{
definiteArticles.put[word]
articles.put[word]
}
// Indefinite articles? (there appear to be none)
if parts =~ %r/[I]/
{
indefiniteArticles.put[word]
articles.put[word]
}
// Nominative? (there appear to be none)
if parts =~ %r/[o]/
nominatives.put[word]
}
}
return all
}
/** Returns true if the word is in the wordlist. */
class isKnown[str] := words.contains[str]
/** Returns true if the string contains a noun. */
class isNoun[str] :=
{
return nouns.contains[str] or (right[str, 1] == "s" and nouns.contains[left[str, -1]])
}
/** Returns true if the string contains a verb. */
class isVerb[str] := verbs.contains[str]
/** Returns true if the string contains a adjective. */
class isAdjective[str] := adjectives.contains[str]
/** Returns true if the string contains a adverb. */
class isAdverb[str] := adverbs.contains[str]
/** Returns true if the string contains a conjunction. */
class isConjunction[str] := conjunctions.contains[str]
/** Returns true if the string contains a preposition. */
class isPreposition[str] := prepositions.contains[str]
/** Returns true if the string contains a interjection. */
class isInterjection[str] := interjections.contains[str]
/** Returns true if the string contains a pronoun. */
class isPronoun[str] := pronouns.contains[str]
/** Returns true if the string contains a article. */
class isArticle[str] := articles.contains[str]
}
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