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'''ATT format''' is a transducer format based on a four-column layout. It is a tab separated four-column format.
 
'''ATT format''' is a transducer format based on a four-column layout. It is a tab separated four-column format.
   
Both lttoolbox and HFST can read ATT format as input to compile dictionaries (lt-comp, hfst-txt2fst), and print compiled dictionaries to ATT format (lt-print, hfst-fst2txt).
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Both lttoolbox and HFST can read ATT format as input to compile dictionaries (<code>lt-comp</code>, <code>hfst-txt2fst</code>), and print compiled dictionaries to ATT format (<code>lt-print</code>, <code>hfst-fst2txt</code>).
   
 
==Example==
 
==Example==
 
Say we want to represent the following transducer:
 
Say we want to represent the following transducer:
   
[[File:Test att.png|thumb|center|400px]]
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[[File:Test att.png|thumb|center|500px]]
   
 
We can do it thusly:
 
We can do it thusly:

Latest revision as of 21:24, 13 March 2017

ATT format is a transducer format based on a four-column layout. It is a tab separated four-column format.

Both lttoolbox and HFST can read ATT format as input to compile dictionaries (lt-comp, hfst-txt2fst), and print compiled dictionaries to ATT format (lt-print, hfst-fst2txt).

Example[edit]

Say we want to represent the following transducer:

Test att.png

We can do it thusly:

$ cat test.dix 
<dictionary>
  <alphabet>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</alphabet>
  <sdefs>
    <sdef n="n"/>
  </sdefs>
  <section id="main" type="standard">
    <e><p><l>test</l><r>foo</r></p></e>
  </section>
</dictionary>


$ lt-comp lr test.dix test.bin
main@standard 5 4


$ lt-print test.bin 
0	1	t	f	
1	2	e	o	
2	3	s	o	
3	4	t	ε	
4


Weights[edit]

AT&T format supports "weights", for example to estimate likelihoods. The default interpretation is bigger the weight (heavier) the worse it is (aka penalties). E.g.:

0	1	c	c	1.000000
0	2	d	d	2.000000
1	3	a	a	0.000000
2	4	o	o	0.000000
3	5	t	t	0.000000
4	5	g	g	0.000000
5	6	s	s	10.000000
5	0.000000
6	0.000000

would be appropriate to have weights 1 for cat, 2 for dog, and additional 10 pounds for beign a plural. Commonly weights are estimated e.g. from probabilities using -log().


See also[edit]