Sequenced Across Sentences Contexts
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Sequenced Across Sentences is an abstract Concept Class used for organizational purposes. It cannot be instantiated in the model. It represents all sequenced sentence contexts.
Summary
Sequenced Across Sentences contexts look for sequenced sentences, that is, sentences in order. They look for facts (and anchors) that are separated by specific gaps, called skips. How many skips can exist between the anchors and / or facts can be very precisely controlled at each point in the sequence.
The skips count in the same punctuation type as the rest of the sequence. That is, if the sequence type is sentences, then specifying a skip of 5 on such a sequence will result in a skip of up to or, at most 5 sentences being allowed between the preceding and succeeding elements.
Elements appearing in the same sentence will not fire the context unless the Loose metadata attribute is set to On for the sequence.
- Sequenced Across Sentences contexts are a subset of Sequenced Across Contexts
- See Sequenced Across Sentences In Document for a worked example of Sequenced Across Contexts
List of Sequenced Across Sentences Contexts
Usage Notes
Use this context when the anchors and facts you are interested in are contained in sequential sentences within a paragraph or document. If you use the “loose” metadata attribute, the sequence will also look within the same sentence for a fact and anchor. Note that the elements of this context must be listed in the correct sequence using the ORDERED LIST in the Narrower Concepts section.
Sequenced Across Sentences Properties
The following table is common to all of the Sequenced Across Sentences Contexts.
Hierarchical relationships
| Label | Range | Require/Optional | Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|
| anchor | Context Elements | At least one of these is Required |
one or more allowed |
| captured fact | Captured Fact | ::: | |
| fact | Context Elements | ::: | one or more allowed |
| not anchor | Context Elements | ::: | one or more allowed |
| not fact | Context Elements | ::: | one or more allowed |
| optional anchor | Context Elements | Optional | one or more allowed |
| optional fact | Context Elements | Optional | one or more allowed |
| skip | Skip | Optional | one or more allowed |
Associative relationships
| Label | Range | Require/Optional | Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|
| depended on by context | Contexts | Optional | only one allowed |
| depends on context | Contexts | Optional | only one allowed |
| extract fact as | Fact Name | Optional | only one allowed |
| group fact as | Fact Name | Optional | only one allowed |
| location | Locations | Optional | only one allowed |
| precluded by context | Contexts | Optional | only one allowed |
| precludes_context | Contexts | Optional | only one allowed |
| Punctuation | Punctuation rules | Optional | only one allowed |
Alternative labels
None
Metadata
| Label | Range | Require/Optional | Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|
| context position from document end | Integer | Optional | only one allowed |
| context position from document start | Integer | Optional | only one allowed |
| fact position from context end | Integer | Optional | only one allowed |
| fact position from context start | Integer | Optional | only one allowed |
| field | String | Optional | only one allowed |
| loose | Boolean | Optional | only one allowed |
| return group fact ID | Boolean | Optional | only one allowed |
| return raw text also | Boolean | Optional | only one allowed |
| return value using regex | String | Optional | only one allowed |
| {1-10} greedy repeat | Integer | Optional | one or more allowed |
| {1-10} non-greedy repeat | Integer | Optional | one or more allowed |