def generate_phrase_detection_function(cls, min_token_count, max_phrases, exclude_ngram_filter=None):
        """
        This is a factory function for generating a phrase detection function
        :param cls: the class
        :param min_token_count: tokens that appear less than this will be ignored in the phrase detection function
        :param max_phrases: the maximum number of phrases to return in the phrase detection function
        :param exclude_ngram_filter: if defined, this function filters ngrams in the phrase detection function
        :return:
        """
        #if exclude_ngram_filter is None and cls.exclude_ngram_filter:
        #    exclude_ngram_filter = cls.exclude_ngram_filter

        def phrase_detector(tokens):
            #if not isinstance(tokens, list):
            #    tokens = list(tokens)
            collocation_finder = nltk.collocations.BigramCollocationFinder.from_words(tokens)
            collocation_finder.apply_freq_filter(min_token_count)  # @TODO remove bottom X%, and tune on X
            if exclude_ngram_filter:
                collocation_finder.apply_ngram_filter(exclude_ngram_filter)
            bigram_measures = nltk.collocations.BigramAssocMeasures()
            phrases = collocation_finder.nbest(bigram_measures.chi_sq, max_phrases)
            return phrases

        return phrase_detector