Apertium stream format
This page describes the stream format used in the Apertium machine translation platform.
Special characters
- Asterisk, '
*' -- Unanalysed word. - At sign, '
@' -- Untranslated lemma. - Hash sign, '
#'- In morphological generation -- Unable to generate surface form from lexical unit.
- In morphological analysis -- Start of invariable part of multiword marker.
- Plus symbol, '
+' -- Joined lexical units - Tilde '
~' -- Word needs treating by post-generator.
Formatted input
- See also: Superblanks
F = formatted text, T = text to be analysed.
Formatted text is ignored by all stages.
[<em>]this is[<\/em> ]a[ <b>]test.[][<\/b>]
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F F F F
[<em>]this is[<\/em> ]a[ <b>]test.[][<\/b>]
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T T T
Analyses
S = surface form, L = lemma.
^vino/vino<n><m><sg>/venir<vblex><ifi><p3><sg>$
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S L TAGS
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ANALISIS
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AMBIGUOUS LEXICAL UNIT
^vino<n><m><sg>$
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DISAMBIGUATED
LEXICAL UNIT
^dímelo/decir<vblex><imp><p2><sg>+me<prn><enc><p1><mf><sg>+lo<prn><enc><p3><nt>/decir<vblex><imp><p2><sg>+me<prn><enc><p1><mf><sg>+lo<prn><enc><p3><m><sg>$
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JOINED MORPHEMES
^take it away/take<vblex><sep><inf>+prpers<prn><obj><p3><nt><sg># away/take<vblex><sep><pres>+prpers<prn><obj><p3><nt><sg># away$
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LEMMA HEAD LEMMA QUEUE
Chunks
- See also: Chunks
^Verbcj<SV><vblex><ifi><p3><sg>{^come<vblex><ifi><p3><sg>$}$ ^pr<PREP>{^to<pr>$}$ ^det_nom<SN><f><sg>{^the<det><def><3>$ ^beach<n><3>$}$
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CHUNK CHUNK TAGS LEXICAL UNITS IN LINKED
NAME THE CHUNK TAG
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CHUNK
^det_nom<SN><f><sg>{^the<det><def><3>$ ^beach<n><3>$}$
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POINTERS TO CHUNK TAGS
<1> <2> <3>
