def getAgencies(self, relation):
agencies = []
agencies_phrases = relation.getSecondLevelRoles('<actor_agency:1>')
# collect all agency phrases from given relation
for candidate in agencies_phrases:
if candidate.coreferent != None and Utils.isNamedEntity(candidate.coreferent) and not candidate.coreferent in agencies_phrases:
# get named entities from given phrase
for entity_str in Utils.getNamedEntities(candidate.coreferent):
# is it relevant agency string? Dfens against bugs and wrong parses
if RoleResolver.isRelevantAgencyEntity(entity_str) and not entity_str.replace('_', ' ') in agencies:
agencies.append(entity_str.replace('_', ' '))
return agencies
