from typing import Tuple import pytest from nltk.metrics.distance import edit_distance class TestEditDistance: @pytest.mark.parametrize( "left,right,substitution_cost,expecteds", [ # Allowing transpositions reduces the number of edits required. # with transpositions: # e.g. "abc" -T-> "cba" -D-> "ca": 2 steps # # without transpositions: # e.g. "abc" -D-> "ab" -D-> "a" -I-> "ca": 3 steps ("abc", "ca", 1, (2, 3)), ("abc", "ca", 5, (2, 3)), # Doesn't *require* substitutions # Note, a substition_cost of higher than 2 doesn't make much # sense, as a deletion + insertion is identical, and always # costs 2. # # # Transpositions don't always reduce the number of edits required: # with or without transpositions: # e.g. "wants" -D-> "wats" -D-> "was" -I-> "wasp": 3 steps ("wants", "wasp", 1, (3, 3)), ("wants", "wasp", 5, (3, 3)), # Doesn't *require* substitutions # # # Ought to have the same results with and without transpositions # with or without transpositions: # e.g. "rain" -S-> "sain" -S-> "shin" -I-> "shine": 3 steps # (but cost 5 if substitution_cost=2) ("rain", "shine", 1, (3, 3)), ("rain", "shine", 2, (5, 5)), # Does *require* substitutions # # # Several potentially interesting typos # with transpositions: # e.g. "acbdef" -T-> "abcdef": 1 step # # without transpositions: # e.g. "acbdef" -D-> "abdef" -I-> "abcdef": 2 steps ("acbdef", "abcdef", 1, (1, 2)), ("acbdef", "abcdef", 2, (1, 2)), # Doesn't *require* substitutions # # # with transpositions: # e.g. "lnaguaeg" -T-> "languaeg" -T-> "language": 2 steps # # without transpositions: # e.g. "lnaguaeg" -D-> "laguaeg" -I-> "languaeg" -D-> "languag" -I-> "language": 4 steps ("lnaguaeg", "language", 1, (2, 4)), ("lnaguaeg", "language", 2, (2, 4)), # Doesn't *require* substitutions # # # with transpositions: # e.g. "lnaugage" -T-> "lanugage" -T-> "language": 2 steps # # without transpositions: # e.g. "lnaugage" -S-> "lnangage" -D-> "langage" -I-> "language": 3 steps # (but one substitution, so a cost of 4 if substition_cost = 2) ("lnaugage", "language", 1, (2, 3)), ("lnaugage", "language", 2, (2, 4)), # Does *require* substitutions if no transpositions # # # with transpositions: # e.g. "lngauage" -T-> "lnaguage" -T-> "language": 2 steps # without transpositions: # e.g. "lngauage" -I-> "lanaguage" -D-> "language": 2 steps ("lngauage", "language", 1, (2, 2)), ("lngauage", "language", 2, (2, 2)), # Doesn't *require* substitutions # # # with or without transpositions: # e.g. "wants" -S-> "sants" -S-> "swnts" -S-> "swits" -S-> "swims" -D-> "swim": 5 steps # # with substitution_cost=2 and transpositions: # e.g. "wants" -T-> "santw" -D-> "sntw" -D-> "stw" -D-> "sw" # -I-> "swi" -I-> "swim": 6 steps # # with substitution_cost=2 and no transpositions: # e.g. "wants" -I-> "swants" -D-> "swant" -D-> "swan" -D-> "swa" -D-> "sw" # -I-> "swi" -I-> "swim": 7 steps ("wants", "swim", 1, (5, 5)), ("wants", "swim", 2, (6, 7)), # # # with or without transpositions: # e.g. "kitten" -S-> "sitten" -s-> "sittin" -I-> "sitting": 3 steps # (but cost 5 if substitution_cost=2) ("kitten", "sitting", 1, (3, 3)), ("kitten", "sitting", 2, (5, 5)), # # duplicated letter # e.g. "duplicated" -D-> "duplicated" ("duplicated", "duuplicated", 1, (1, 1)), ("duplicated", "duuplicated", 2, (1, 1)), ("very duplicated", "very duuplicateed", 2, (2, 2)), ], ) def test_with_transpositions( self, left: str, right: str, substitution_cost: int, expecteds: Tuple[int, int] ): """ Test `edit_distance` between two strings, given some `substitution_cost`, and whether transpositions are allowed. :param str left: First input string to `edit_distance`. :param str right: Second input string to `edit_distance`. :param int substitution_cost: The cost of a substitution action in `edit_distance`. :param Tuple[int, int] expecteds: A tuple of expected outputs, such that `expecteds[0]` is the expected output with `transpositions=True`, and `expecteds[1]` is the expected output with `transpositions=False`. """ # Test the input strings in both orderings for s1, s2 in ((left, right), (right, left)): # zip with [True, False] to get the transpositions value for expected, transpositions in zip(expecteds, [True, False]): predicted = edit_distance( s1, s2, substitution_cost=substitution_cost, transpositions=transpositions, ) assert predicted == expected