Class: StyleScanner::TaggedWord

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb

Constant Summary collapse

STRUCTURAL_TAGS =

TODO add tests for all the new methods added here.

%{
  WRB WPS WP WDT UH TO SYM PRPS CC DET EX IN LS PDT POS PRP PRPS
}

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(tag, word) ⇒ TaggedWord

Returns a new instance of TaggedWord.



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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 11

def initialize(tag, word)
  @tag = tag.upcase
  @word = word 
end

Instance Attribute Details

#tag ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute tag.



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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 9

def tag
  @tag
end

#word ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute word.



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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 9

def word
  @word
end

Instance Method Details

#==(string) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 16

def ==(string)
  word == string
end

#adverb? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 24

def adverb?
  tag.start_with?("RB")
end

#be_verb? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 48

def be_verb?
  verb? && ["is", "was", "been", "be"].include?(tokenized) 
end

#determiner? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 32

def determiner?
  tag.start_with?("DET")
end

#gerund_verb? ⇒ Boolean

Gerund verb = ING verb

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 58

def gerund_verb?
  tag == "VBG" && tokenized != "being"
end

#non_structural? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 36

def non_structural?
  ! STRUCTURAL_TAGS.include?(tag)
end

#noun? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 44

def noun?
  tag.start_with?("NN")
end

#possessive? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 40

def possessive?
  ["POS", "PRP", "PRPS"].include?(tag)
end

#preposition? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 28

def preposition?
  tag.start_with?("IN")
end

#tokenized ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 20

def tokenized
  word.downcase.gsub(/\W/, "")
end

#verb? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/style_scanner/tagged_word.rb', line 52

def verb?
  # account for modal verbs like may
  tag.start_with?("V") || tag == "MD"
end