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EnglishPossessiveFilter

Removes English possessive suffixes ('s).

Import

typescript
import EnglishPossessiveFilter from 'dynamosearch/filters/EnglishPossessiveFilter';

Constructor

typescript
new EnglishPossessiveFilter()

No parameters required.

Example

typescript
const filter = new EnglishPossessiveFilter();
const tokens = filter.apply([
  { token: "john's", startOffset: 0, endOffset: 6, position: 0 },
  { token: "dogs'", startOffset: 7, endOffset: 12, position: 1 },
]);
// [
//   { token: 'john', startOffset: 0, endOffset: 4, position: 0 },
//   { token: 'dogs', startOffset: 7, endOffset: 11, position: 1 }
// ]

Best For

  • English possessive handling
  • English text normalization
  • Removing 's and s' endings

See Also

Released under the MIT License.