pynlg 0.1.1

Natural Language Generation in Python

pynlg
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``pynlg`` is a pure python re-implementation of `SimpleNLG-EnFr <https://github.com/rali-udem/SimpleNLG-EnFr>`_, a java library enabling french and english `text surface realisation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realization_%28linguistics%29>`_, based on `SimpleNLG <https://github.com/simplenlg/simplenlg>`_.

For more information about what SimpleNLG and SimpleNLG-EnFr, have a look at their documentation:

- `SimpleNLG-EnFr <https://github.com/rali-udem/SimpleNLG-EnFr/blob/master/docs/SimpleNLG-EnFr_doc_francais.pdf>`_ (in french)
- `SimpleNLG <https://github.com/simplenlg/simplenlg/wiki/Section-0-%E2%80%93-SimpleNLG-Tutorial>`_

``pynlg`` supports Python2.7 and 3.5. Python 3.3 and 3.4 should work, but are untested.

Examples
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Definition of a nominal sentence, with a feminine noun
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.. code-block:: python

from pynlg.lexicon.fr import FrenchLexicon
from pynlg.lexicon.feature.category import NOUN, ADJECTIVE, DETERMINER
from pynlg.lexicon.feature.gender import FEMININE
from pynlg import make_noun_phrase

lex = FrenchLexicon()
un = lex.first(u'un', category=DETERMINER)
maison = lex.first(u'maison', category=NOUN)
maison = maison.inflex(gender=FEMININE)
beau = lex.first(u'beau', category=ADJECTIVE)
perdu = lex.first(u'perdu', category=ADJECTIVE)
phrase = make_noun_phrase(lexicon=lex, specifier=un, noun=maison, modifiers=[beau, perdu])
syntaxically_realised_phrase = phrase.realise()
morphologically_realised_phrase = syntaxically_realised_phrase.realise_morphology()
morphologically_realised_phrase.components
[<StringElement {realisation=une, category=DETERMINER}>,
<StringElement {realisation=belle, category=ADJECTIVE}>,
<StringElement {realisation=maison, category=CANNED_TEXT}>,
<StringElement {realisation=perdue, category=ADJECTIVE}>]

Supported languages
--------------------

For now, the following languages are supported:

- french (in process)
- english (in process)

How can I contribute?
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First, clone the repository, and create a new local branch. Once the new feature is implemented (or the bug is fixed) and everything is **tested** properly, push your work and create a pull request.

Note: you should run the tests beforehand, and make sure they pass:

.. code-block:: bash

$ tox


How do I add support for a new language?
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TODO


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