public Coref newCoref(List<Span<Term>> mentions) {
	String newId = idManager.getNextId(AnnotationType.COREF);
	Coref newCoref = new Coref(newId, mentions);
	annotationContainer.add(newCoref, Layer.COREFERENCES, AnnotationType.COREF);
	return newCoref;
    }
public Coref newCoref ( List < Span < Term > > mentions ) { String newId = idManager . getNextId ( AnnotationType . COREF ) ; Coref newCoref = new Coref ( newId , mentions ) ; annotationContainer . add ( newCoref , Layer . COREFERENCES , AnnotationType . COREF ) ; return newCoref ; }
Creates a new coreference. It assigns an appropriate ID to it. The Coref is added to the document.
@param references different mentions (list of targets) to the same entity.
@return a new coreference.