- fix bug with words ending in -kes being stemmed to -k

ealdent · Sep 30, 2009 · 1fa6336 · 1fa6336
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diff --git a/lib/uea-stemmer.rb b/lib/uea-stemmer.rb
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ def create_rules
     @rules << EndingRule.new('ures', 1, 63.4)
     @rules << EndingRule.new('ines', 1, 63.3)
     @rules << EndingRule.new('ides', 1, 63.2)
+    @rules << EndingRule.new('kes', 1, 63.1)
     @rules << EndingRule.new('ges', 1, 63.1)
     @rules << EndingRule.new('es', 2, 63)
     @rules << ConcatenatingEndingRule.new('is', 2, 64, 'e')

diff --git a/test/uea_stemmer_test.rb b/test/uea_stemmer_test.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class UeaStemmerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         assert_equal @stemmer.stem('things'), 'thing'
         assert_equal @stemmer.stem('nothings'), 'nothing'   # as in 'sweet nothings'
         assert_equal @stemmer.stem('witches'), 'witch'
+        assert_equal @stemmer.stem('makes'), 'make'
+        assert_equal @stemmer.stem('smokes'), 'smoke'
       end
 
       should "stem acronyms when pluralized otherwise they should be left alone" do