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==Pending tasks== |
==Pending tasks== |
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* Write a [[TSX format|TSX file]] to group together fine tags into coarse tags. |
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* <s>Tag a corpus with IceTagger</s> and train the <code>apertium-tagger</code> |
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* Post-edit automatically-generated bilingual dictionaries |
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* Try and convert some IceTagger constraint rules to work in [[constraint grammar]] |
* Try and convert some IceTagger constraint rules to work in [[constraint grammar]] |
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* Use IceParser to parse a corpus and extract the most frequent patterns in terms of chunks/phrases (lists of coarse POS tags) and phrase patterns (in terms of chunks/phrases). |
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* Merge analysed corpus (IceMorphy full-form list) with Apertium dictionary — will require matching partial information to paradigms... perhaps use [[extract]] ? |
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* In the Icelandic analyser (<code>apertium-is-en.is.dix</code>): |
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** Fix verb paradigms... most are missing: |
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*** Participle forms (declensions) and infinitives |
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*** Active and middle voice distinction (see file <code>dev/is-tags.mapping.txt</code> for tag mapping details) |
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*** Verbs are missing the supine |
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** Check declensions for adjectives to see if any parts can be factored out (e.g. the weak/strong inflection) |
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*** <s>Move 'sta' and 'vei' tags to the end of the declension.</s> |
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* Write transfer rules — start with most frequent patterns (as found from the corpus) |
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==Notes== |
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* ind(is) → def(en): almenningur, alþjóð, alþýða |
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* Mediawiki l10n, KDE4, OpenSubtitles, etc. — from OPUS (~60k sentences) |
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* [http://eng.menntamalaraduneyti.is/Acts/ Parliamentary Acts] (?? sentences) |
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===Bilingual dictionaries=== |
===Bilingual dictionaries=== |
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Revision as of 11:17, 1 March 2010
Pending tasks
- Try and convert some IceTagger constraint rules to work in constraint grammar
Notes
- ind(is) → def(en): almenningur, alþjóð, alþýða
Resources
Bilingual dictionaries
- Wikipedia interwiki (~1,100 entries)
- Freelang (~1,000 entries)
- Wiktionary (en) (~3,200 entries)
- An Icelandic-English Dictionary (Old Icelandic, 1876 — Public Domain)
- And here
- Wordbank at ismal.hi.is (licence unknown)
- was moved to here
Example phrase
- Hver maður er borinn frjáls og jafn öðrum að virðingu og réttindum.
IceFormat
Hver foken maður nken er sfg3en borinn sþgken frjáls lkensf og c jafn aa öðrum fokfþ að c virðingu nveþ og c réttindum nhfþ . .
{*SUBJ> [NP Hver foken maður nken NP] *SUBJ>}
[VPb er sfg3en VPb]
{*COMP< [VPp borinn sþgken VPp] *COMP<}
{*COMP< [APs [AP frjáls lkensf AP] [CP og c CP] [AP jafn lkensf AP] APs] *COMP<}
[NP öðrum fokfþ NP]
[SCP að c SCP]
[NPs [NP virðingu nveþ NP] [CP og c CP] [NP réttindum nhfþ NP] NPs]
Apertium
^Hver<prn><ind><m><sg><nom>$ ^maður<n><m><sg><nom><ind>$ ^vera<vbser><pri><p3><sg>$ ^bera<vblex><pp><m><sg><nom>$ ^frjáls<adj><sta><pst><m><sg><nom>$ ^og<cnjcoo>$ ^jafn<adj><sta><pst><m><sg><nom>$ ^annar<prn><ind><m><pl><dat>$ ^að<pr>$ ^virðing<n><f><sg><dat><def>$ ^og<cnjcoo>$ ^réttindi<n><nt><pl><dat><ind>$ ^.<sent>$
^prn_nom<SN><@SUBJ→>{^Hver<prn><ind><m><sg><nom>$ ^maður<n><m><sg><nom><ind>$}$
^verb<SV>{^vera<vbser><pri><p3><sg>$ ^bera<vblex><pp><m><sg><nom>$}$
^adj_cc_adj<SA>{^frjáls<adj><sta><pst><m><sg><nom>$ ^og<cnjcoo>$ ^jafn<adj><sta><pst><m><sg><nom>$}$
^nom<SN>{^annar<prn><ind><m><pl><dat>$}$
^að<Prep>{^að<pr>$}$
^nom_cc_nom{^virðing<n><f><sg><dat><def>$ ^og<cnjcoo>$ ^réttindi<n><nt><pl><dat><ind>$}$
See also
- Pending tests — Examples for testing new rules
- Regression tests — Examples of working phrase translations.
