gate.lexicon
Interface LexKBSynset

All Known Subinterfaces:
MutableLexKBSynset
All Known Implementing Classes:
MutableLexKBSynsetImpl

public interface LexKBSynset


Method Summary
 String getDefinition()
          textual description of the synset
 Object getId()
          Returns the Id of the synset, each synset has a unique Id for connection to the ontology
 Object getPOS()
          returns the part-of-speech for this synset
 LexKBWordSense getWordSense(int offset)
          get specific WordSense according to its order in the synset - most important senses come first
 List getWordSenses()
          WordSenses contained in this synset
 

Method Detail

getPOS

public Object getPOS()
returns the part-of-speech for this synset


getDefinition

public String getDefinition()
textual description of the synset


getWordSenses

public List getWordSenses()
WordSenses contained in this synset


getWordSense

public LexKBWordSense getWordSense(int offset)
get specific WordSense according to its order in the synset - most important senses come first


getId

public Object getId()
Returns the Id of the synset, each synset has a unique Id for connection to the ontology