A tbl Template that generates a list of L{Rule}s that apply at a given sentence position. In particular, each C{Template} is parameterized by a list of independent features (a combination of a specific property to extract and a list C{L} of relative positions at which to extract it) and generates all Rules that:
- use the given features, each at its own independent position; and
- are applicable to the given token.
Class Method | expand |
Factory method to mass generate Templates from a list L of lists of Features. |
Method | __init__ |
Construct a Template for generating Rules. |
Method | __repr__ |
Undocumented |
Method | applicable |
Return a list of the transformational rules that would correct the i*th subtoken's tag in the given token. In particular, return a list of zero or more rules that would change *tokens*[i][1] to *correctTag... |
Method | get |
Returns the set of indices i such that applicable_rules(token, i, ...) depends on the value of the index*th token of *token. |
Constant | ALLTEMPLATES |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | id |
Undocumented |
Class Method | _cleartemplates |
Undocumented |
Class Method | _poptemplate |
Undocumented |
Method | _applicable |
that are applicable to C{tokens[index]}. |
Instance Variable | _features |
Undocumented |
Factory method to mass generate Templates from a list L of lists of Features.
#With combinations=(k1, k2), the function will in all possible ways choose k1 ... k2 #of the sublists in L; it will output all Templates formed by the Cartesian product #of this selection, with duplicates and other semantically equivalent #forms removed. Default for combinations is (1, len(L)).
The feature lists may have been specified manually, or generated from Feature.expand(). For instance,
>>> from nltk.tbl.template import Template >>> from nltk.tag.brill import Word, Pos
#creating some features >>> (wd_0, wd_01) = (Word([0]), Word([0,1]))
>>> (pos_m2, pos_m33) = (Pos([-2]), Pos([3-2,-1,0,1,2,3]))
>>> list(Template.expand([[wd_0], [pos_m2]])) [Template(Word([0])), Template(Pos([-2])), Template(Pos([-2]),Word([0]))]
>>> list(Template.expand([[wd_0, wd_01], [pos_m2]])) [Template(Word([0])), Template(Word([0, 1])), Template(Pos([-2])), Template(Pos([-2]),Word([0])), Template(Pos([-2]),Word([0, 1]))]
#note: with Feature.expand(), it is very easy to generate more templates #than your system can handle -- for instance, >>> wordtpls = Word.expand([-2,-1,0,1], [1,2], excludezero=False) >>> len(wordtpls) 7
>>> postpls = Pos.expand([-3,-2,-1,0,1,2], [1,2,3], excludezero=True) >>> len(postpls) 9
#and now the Cartesian product of all non-empty combinations of two wordtpls and #two postpls, with semantic equivalents removed >>> templates = list(Template.expand([wordtpls, wordtpls, postpls, postpls])) >>> len(templates) 713
- will return a list of eight templates
- Template(Word([0])), Template(Word([0, 1])), Template(Pos([-2])), Template(Pos([-1])), Template(Pos([-2]),Word([0])), Template(Pos([-1]),Word([0])), Template(Pos([-2]),Word([0, 1])), Template(Pos([-1]),Word([0, 1]))]
#Templates where one feature is a subset of another, such as #Template(Word([0,1]), Word([1]), will not appear in the output. #By default, this non-subset constraint is tightened to disjointness: #Templates of type Template(Word([0,1]), Word([1,2]) will also be filtered out. #With skipintersecting=False, then such Templates are allowed
WARNING: this method makes it very easy to fill all your memory when training generated templates on any real-world corpus
Parameters | |
featurelists:list of (list of Features) | lists of Features, whose Cartesian product will return a set of Templates |
combinations:None, int, or (int, int) | given n featurelists: if combinations=k, all generated Templates will have k features; if combinations=(k1,k2) they will have k1..k2 features; if None, defaults to 1..n |
skipintersecting:bool | if True, do not output intersecting Templates (non-disjoint positions for some feature) |
Returns | |
generator of Templates |
Construct a Template for generating Rules.
Takes a list of Features. A C{Feature} is a combination of a specific property and its relative positions and should be a subclass of L{nltk.tbl.feature.Feature}.
An alternative calling convention (kept for backwards compatibility, but less expressive as it only permits one feature type) is Template(Feature, (start1, end1), (start2, end2), ...) In new code, that would be better written Template(Feature(start1, end1), Feature(start2, end2), ...)
#For instance, importing some features >>> from nltk.tbl.template import Template >>> from nltk.tag.brill import Word, Pos
#create some features
>>> wfeat1, wfeat2, pfeat = (Word([-1]), Word([1,2]), Pos([-2,-1]))
#Create a single-feature template >>> Template(wfeat1) Template(Word([-1]))
#or a two-feature one >>> Template(wfeat1, wfeat2) Template(Word([-1]),Word([1, 2]))
#or a three-feature one with two different feature types >>> Template(wfeat1, wfeat2, pfeat) Template(Word([-1]),Word([1, 2]),Pos([-2, -1]))
#deprecated api: Feature subclass, followed by list of (start,end) pairs #(permits only a single Feature) >>> Template(Word, (-2,-1), (0,0)) Template(Word([-2, -1]),Word([0]))
#incorrect specification raises TypeError >>> Template(Word, (-2,-1), Pos, (0,0)) Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "nltk/tag/tbl/template.py", line 143, in __init__
raise TypeError(
TypeError: expected either Feature1(args), Feature2(args), ... or Feature, (start1, end1), (start2, end2), ...
Parameters | |
*features:list of Features | the features to build this Template on |
Return a list of the transformational rules that would correct the i*th subtoken's tag in the given token. In particular, return a list of zero or more rules that would change *tokens*[i][1] to *correctTag, if applied to *token*[i].
If the *i*th token already has the correct tag (i.e., if tagged_tokens[i][1] == correctTag), then applicable_rules() should return the empty list.
Parameters | |
tokens:list(tuple) | The tagged tokens being tagged. |
index | Undocumented |
correct | Undocumented |
i:int | The index of the token whose tag should be corrected. |
correct | The correct tag for the *i*th token. |
Returns | |
list(BrillRule) | Undocumented |
Returns the set of indices i such that applicable_rules(token, i, ...) depends on the value of the index*th token of *token.
This method is used by the "fast" Brill tagger trainer.
Parameters | |
tokens | Undocumented |
index:int | The index whose neighborhood should be returned. |
token:list(tuple) | The tokens being tagged. |
Returns | |
set | Undocumented |