* Questionable fix to problem in Span.root

2016-02-05 19:18:35 +01:00 · 2016-02-05 19:18:35 +01:00 · e5c447e237
parent 8bd16ce8f7
commit e5c447e237
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/spacy/tokens/span.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/span.pyx
@ -194,7 +194,10 @@ cdef class Span:
                if words_to_root < current_best:
                    current_best = words_to_root
                    root = i
-            return self.doc[root]
+            if root == -1:
+                return self.doc[self.start]
+            else:
+                return self.doc[root]
    
    property lefts:
        """Tokens that are to the left of the Span, whose head is within the Span."""