a function to align two words

[lsmith77]

I want to align two words, ie. if I have challenges, I pass question to this alignment function it would generate questions.

Is this something within the scope of this library?

[lsmith77]

I am using spacy in my project, so I did a quick hack which works but is very inelegant:

        a_text = a_token.text
        b_text = b_token.lemma_
        a_verb = Verb(a_text)
        b_verb = Verb(b_text)

        if a_verb.is_singular():
            b_text = b_verb.singular()
            b_verb = Verb(b_text)
        elif a_verb.is_plural():
            b_text = b_verb.plural()
            b_verb = Verb(b_text)

        if a_verb.is_past():
            b_text = b_verb.past()
        elif a_verb.is_pres_part():
            b_text = b_verb.pres_part()
        elif a_verb.is_past_part():
            b_text = b_verb.past_part()

        return b_text

[tomaarsen]

That is indeed a bit inelegant. That functionality does not exist, although it certainly could.

[lsmith77]

so you would be open to a PR? in that case I will see if I can find some time for this.

[tomaarsen]

Yes, I would be!