@staticmethod
def split_tokenize(text):
    """Splits tokens based on whitespace after adding whitespace around
        punctuation.
        Use re_tokenize if you want more robust handling of punctuation.
        """
    return text.replace('.', ' . ').replace(',', ' , ').replace(';', ' ; '
        ).replace(':', ' : ').replace('!', ' ! ').replace('?', ' ? ').split()
