Add argument for printing timelines

run.py

@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ def main(args):
         for gold_timeline_name, gold_timeline in gold_timelines.items():
 
             print(f'Topic {topic}, gold timeline {gold_timeline_name}')
-            print()
 
             timeline = timeline_generation.make_timeline(articles, gold_timeline, keywords)
-            timeline_generation.print_timeline(timeline)
+
+            if args.print_timelines:
+                timeline_generation.print_timeline(timeline)
 
             if args.timeline_output_path:
                 filename = Path(args.timeline_output_path) / f'{topic}_{gold_timeline_name}.txt'
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ def main(args):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--print_timelines',
+                        action='store_true',
+                        help='whether to print the timelines to the console after generating them')
     parser.add_argument('--timeline_output_path',
                         type=str,
                         help='a directory to save the generated timeline files '