Update comparativesIdentification.py

comparativesIdentification.py

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ def find_comptives_straight_patterns(sentence):
                 prev_token = token.nbor(-1)
 
                 if prev_token.pos_ == "NOUN":
-                    comparatives.append({'comparative': ["equal to", "="]})
-
+                    # comparatives.append({'comparative': ["equal to", "="]})
+                    comparatives.append({'comparative': "="})
 
         # find mentions of "more"/"less" followed by "than"
         elif token.text.lower() in ["more", "less"]:
@@ -63,10 +63,12 @@ def find_comptives_straight_patterns(sentence):
                 prev_token = token.nbor(-1)
 
                 if token.text.lower() == 'more':
-                    comparatives.append({'comparative': [token.text + " " + next_token.text, '>']})
-                elif token.text.lower() == 'less':
-                    comparatives.append({'comparative': [token.text + " " + next_token.text, '<']})
+                    # comparatives.append({'comparative': [token.text + " " + next_token.text, '>']})
+                    comparatives.append({'comparative': '>'})
 
+                elif token.text.lower() == 'less':
+                    # comparatives.append({'comparative': [token.text + " " + next_token.text, '<']})
+                    comparatives.append({'comparative': '<'})
 
         # find mentions of comparative adjectives or comparative adverbs followed by "than"
         elif token.tag_ == "JJR" or token.tag_ == "RBR":
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ def find_comptives_straight_patterns(sentence):
 
                 if token.text.lower() in bigger_rel_words:
                     flag_bigger = 1
-                    comparatives.append({'comparative': [token.text + " " + next_token.text, '>']})
+                    # comparatives.append({'comparative': [token.text + " " + next_token.text, '>']})
+                    comparatives.append({'comparative': '>'})
 
                 # if no synonym of bigger was found, check for smaller synsets
                 if not flag_bigger:
@@ -111,11 +114,14 @@ def find_comptives_straight_patterns(sentence):
 
                     if token.text.lower() in smaller_rel_words:
                         flag_bigger = 0
-                        comparatives.append({'comparative': [token.text + " " + next_token.text, '<']})
+                        # comparatives.append({'comparative': [token.text + " " + next_token.text, '<']})
+                        comparatives.append({'comparative': '<'})
 
     return comparatives
 
-    
+
+# helper functions for 'identify_pattern_bigger_smaller'
+
 # helper functions for 'identify_pattern_bigger_smaller'
 
 def identify_comparison(sentence):