NAME

FAQs.CT.pod


SYNOPSIS

Listing the frequently asked questions about the CuiTools package.


DESCRIPTION

Functionality related questions :

What applications can CuiTools be used for?

CuiTools can be applied to any word sense disambiguation problem.

Package related questions :

Can I use CuiTools without installing NSP and WEKA?

No, you will always need NSP and WEKA.

Can I use CuiTools without MetaMap?

Yes. You only need MetaMap if you would like to run the plain2mm.pl program that converts plain text to mm format.

Will CuiTools only run using the NLM-WSD data set

No, CuiTools will run on any data set that is either in the machine prolog output (similar to the NLM-WSD data set) or plain text format.

In plain format each line of the text files contains a single context. where the ambiguous word is identified by <head instance=``instance'' sense=``sense''>word</head>.

For example:

Paul was named <head instance=``art.30002'' sense=``art''>Art</head> magazine's top collector.

Questions on data formatting :

What is plain text formating

In plain format each line of the text files contains a single context. where the ambiguous word is identified by <head instance=``instance'' sense=``sense''>word</head>.

For example:

Paul was named <head instance=``art.30002'' sense=``art''>Art</head> magazine's top collector.

Why do is the PMID version of the NLM-WSD data set required?

The PMID version is required by the nlm2sval2 package which subsequently means that it is required by the nlm2mm program. If you are not going to use the nlm2mm program then it shouldn't matter which version of the dataset you use.

Questions on Features :


SEE ALSO


AUTHOR

Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota bthomson at cs.umn.edu


COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007-2008,

Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota bthomson at cs.umn.edu

Ted Pedersen, University of Minnesota, Duluth. tpederse at umn.edu

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