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PHP Moby NLP: Generate complete thoughts from a verb and a noun

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This package can generate complete thoughts from a verb and a noun.

It takes a verb and an noun and uses the Moby thesaurus file to extract synonyms.

Complete thoughts may be found by looking for any of the verb synonyms in the noun synonyms.

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Well formed sentences are based on grammatically correct combination of verbs and nouns, thus forming what is called complete thoughts.

This package provides a solution for generating complete thoughts from verbs and nouns.

It also allows verifying if sentences may have been written by bots that generate fake text by checking if the combination of verb and noun words is present in sentences.

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Example

<?php

   
/**
     * Instantiate
     */
   
require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap.php';
?>


<!-- HEADER -->
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
    <title>PHP Moby NLP</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    </head>
<!-- END HEADER -->


<script>
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $("#btnHelp").click(function(){
            document.getElementById("thoughtForm").reset();
            $( "#thoughtForm" ).submit(); // submitting an empty form will show the help
        });
    });
</script>


<?php
   
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST"
           
&& array_key_exists("verb", $_POST) && !empty($_POST["verb"])
            &&
array_key_exists("noun", $_POST) && !empty($_POST["noun"])) {

       
/**
         * Get the verb and the noun, do some basic validation
         */
       
$verb = filter_var($_POST["verb"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
       
$noun = filter_var($_POST["noun"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);

       
/**
         * Get the synonym list for the verb and the noun
         */
       
$verbList = MobyThesaurus::GetSynonyms($verb);
       
$nounList = MobyThesaurus::GetSynonyms($noun);

       
/**
         * If it can't find the word, set an error message
         */
       
if(array_key_exists('0', $verbList) && $verbList[0] !== $verb){
           
// can't find the verb
           
$errorMessage = 'Can not find this verb. Try another verb';
           
        } elseif(
array_key_exists('0', $nounList) && $nounList[0] !== $noun){
           
// can't find the noun
           
$errorMessage = 'Can not find this noun. Try another noun';
           
        } else {
           
           
// Get complete thoughts
           
foreach($verbList as $verbValue){
                if (
in_array($verbValue, $nounList) && $verbValue !== $verb) {
                   
$thoughtMatches[] = array('Thoughts found' => $verbValue);
                }
            }

           
// get thoughts text
           
foreach($verbList as $verbValue){
                foreach(
$nounList as $nounValue){
                   
$regex = '/\b'.$verbValue.'\b/';
                   
preg_match($regex, $nounValue, $match, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
  
                    if(
$match && $match[0][1] !==0 && $verbValue !== $noun){
                       
$fullThoughtText[] = array('Matched text' => $nounValue, 'Based on thought' => $verbValue);
                    } elseif (
strpos($nounValue, $verbValue) && ($verbValue !== $noun)) {
                       
$partThoughtText[] = array('Partial matched text<br />( this matches only part of the thought,<br /> it is not always correct)' => $nounValue, 'Based on thought' => $verbValue);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    } elseif (empty(
$_POST["verb"]) && empty($_POST["noun"])){
       
// do nothing: help will show
   
} elseif (empty($_POST["verb"])){
       
$errorMessage = 'Verb field is empty. Please fill in the verb field.';
    } elseif (empty(
$_POST["noun"])){
       
$errorMessage = 'Noun field is empty. Please fill in the noun field.';
    }
?>


    <body>
    <div class="container">
   
<!-- START FORM -->
    <h2>PHP Moby NLP: complete thoughts form</h2>
    <br>

    <form id="thoughtForm" class="form-horizontal" method="post" action=''>

        <div class="form-group">
          <label class="col-sm-2 control-label">Enter a verb:</label>
          <div class="col-sm-6">
              <input class="form-control" id="inputVerb" name="verb" type="text" value="">
          </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
           <label class="col-sm-2 control-label">Enter a noun:</label>
           <div class="col-sm-6">
             <input class="form-control" id="inputNoun" name="noun" type="text" value="">
           </div>
         </div>
        <br />
       
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">
        <button style="margin-left: 20px" id="btnHelp" type="button" class="btn btn-info btn-lg">Show help</button>

        <br /><br />
    </form>
<!-- END FORM -->
   
   
<?php
   
if(!empty($errorMessage)){
       
        echo
'<div class="alert alert-danger"><strong>'.$errorMessage.'</strong></div>';
       
    } elseif (
$_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] != "POST" || empty($verb) || empty($noun)) {
?>

<!-- START HELP -->
    <h3>Examples:</h3>
     <ul class="list-group">
         <li class="list-group-item">Try <b>verb ="work" </b> and <b>noun = "job"</b>. The result will be thoughts that have to do with working on a job, like "achievement", "assignment" and "labor"</li>
        <li class="list-group-item">Try <b>verb ="write"</b> and <b>noun = "document</b>". It will find thoughts like "copy", "draft" and "file" and "print"</li>
    </ul>
   
    <h3>How does it work?</h3>
     <ul class="list-group">
        <li class="list-group-item">The code looks for "complete thoughts", see the link to Wikipedia here:<br />
            <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_sentence">We need at least one verb and one noun together for a complete thought</a></li>
        <li class="list-group-item">First enter a verb, like "walk", "talk", "run". It is best to user the base form or lemma. So do not use "running", but use "run". This program can be used to get the lemma for you:
        <a href="https://github.com/DennisDeSwart/php-stanford-corenlp-adapter">PHP-Stanford-CoreNLP-Adapter (at GitHub)</a><br />
        <a href="https://www.phpclasses.org/package/10056-PHP-Natural-language-processing-using-Stanford-server.html">PHP-Stanford-CoreNLP-Adapter (at PHPClasses.org)</a></li>
        <li class="list-group-item">Second, enter a noun like "dog", "cat", "house" or "car".</li>
        <li class="list-group-item">Finally, press Submit, wait for the result. The result may take up to 2 seconds.</li>
    </ul>
     <h3>What can I do with the result?</h3>
     <ul class="list-group">
        <li class="list-group-item">First, you can use it in spam killers: if there are complete thoughts in a text, the text is probably not fake.</li>
        <li class="list-group-item">Second: you can use this for creating reports and understanding text.</li>
        <li class="list-group-item">Third: this could be used as suggestions in search engines.</li>
    </ul>
    <h3>I would like to use a different set of words (=thesaurus). Can I do that?</h3>
     <ul class="list-group">
        <li class="list-group-item">Yes. This script uses the Moby Thesaurus that is based on the English language from 1996. It doesn't have many modern words. You can change the Thesaurus by using an API.
        However, this is not programmed yet. To make it happen, there needs to be an API connection. Also the existing Synonym function needs to be re-written to use this API.</li>
        <li class="list-group-item">I want to write a script to use the Urban Dictionary API. This would make it talk "urban". Here is an example on how to connect:<br />
        <a href="https://github.com/zdict/zdict/wiki/Urban-dictionary-API-documentation">Example of the Urban Dictionary API on Github</a></li>
        <li class="list-group-item">Or you could use any other "Thesaurus" API</li>
    </ul>
    <h3>Please be patient when submitting: the script can take a few seconds</h3>
     <ul class="list-group">
        <li class="list-group-item">The code needs to search the whole Moby Thesaurus, this can take a few seconds.
            This class will probably be a lot faster by using SQL instead of files. However, there is no SQL file of the thesaurus available yet.</li>
    </ul>
<!-- END HELP -->
   
   
<?php
   
} else {
?>

    <table class="table table-bordered">
    <th colspan="3"><h3>
        Verb = "<?php echo $verb ?>",
        noun = "<?php echo $noun ?>"</h3></th>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <?php
                    $template
= new Template();
                    if(!empty(
$thoughtMatches)){
                      
$template->getTable($thoughtMatches, '');
                    } else {
                       
$template->getTable(array(), '', 'No thought matches found');
                    }
               
?>
</td>
            <td>
                <?php
                    $template
= new Template();
                    if(!empty(
$fullThoughtText)){
                      
$template->getTable($fullThoughtText, '');
                    } else {
                       
$template->getTable(array(), '', 'No thought text was found');
                    }
               
?>
</td>
            <td>
                <?php
                    $template
= new Template();
                    if(!empty(
$partThoughtText)){
                      
$template->getTable($partThoughtText, '');
                    } else {
                       
$template->getTable(array(), '', 'No partial thought text found');
                    }
               
?>
</td>
        </tr>
    </table>

<?php
   
}
?>
    
</div>
</body>
</html>


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PHP Moby NLP

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Gets the "complete thought" from a verb and a noun using Moby Thesaurus

What does it do?

  • It uses the Moby Thesaurus to get the "complete thought" from a verb and a noun.
  • This is meant for Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks.

How does it work?

  • The code looks for "complete thoughts", see the link to Wikipedia here:
    https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_sentence
    
  • First: open the index.php, a form will appear.
  • Second: enter a verb, like "walk", "talk" or "run". It is best to user the base form or lemma. So do not use "running", but use "run". This program can be used to get the lemma for you: 
    https://github.com/DennisDeSwart/php-stanford-corenlp-adapter
    https://www.phpclasses.org/package/10056-PHP-Natural-language-processing-using-Stanford-server.html
    
  • Third, enter a noun like "dog", "cat", "house" or "car".
  • Finally, press Submit, wait for the result. The result may take up to 2 seconds.

What can I do with the result?

  • First, you can use it in spam killers: if there are complete thoughts in a text, the text is probably not fake.
  • Second: you can use this for creating reports and understanding text.
  • Third: this could be used as suggestions in search engines.

Requirements

  • PHP 5.3 or higher: it also works on PHP 7

Installation using Composer

You can install the adapter by putting the following line into your composer.json and running a composer update

    {
        "require": {
            "dennis-de-swart/php-moby-nlp": "*"
        }
    }

Recommended practices

  • Looking up words in the thesaurus can take up to 2 seconds. You should only lookup words if you need to.
  • To select the most important words like verbs and nouns, you can use a NLP parser like Stanford's CoreNLP
  • To use Stanford CoreNLP check these links:
    https://github.com/DennisDeSwart/php-stanford-corenlp-adapter
    http://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/corenlp-server.html
    

Can I use a different set of words (=thesaurus)?

Yes. This script uses the Moby Thesaurus that is based on the English language from 1996. It doesn't have many modern words. You can change the Thesaurus by using an API. However, this is not programmed yet. To make it happen, there needs to be an API connection. Also the existing Synonym function needs to be re-written to use this API. I want to write a script to use the Urban Dictionary API. This would make it talk "urban". Here is an example on how to connect:

https://github.com/zdict/zdict/wiki/Urban-dictionary-API-documentation

Example output

See "example_write_document.PNG"

Any questions?

Please let me know.

Credits

Brent Rossen, orginal author of the MobyThesaurus.php class

 https://github.com/phyous/moby-thesaurus


Screenshots  
  • moby_example_write_document.PNG
  • moby_example_write_document_small.png
  • moby_help_screen.PNG
  • moby_help_screen_small.PNG
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