NAME

nlm2mm.pl

SYNOPSIS

Converts the NLM-WSD data set to the prolog format used in the NLM-WSD dataset.

DESCRIPTION

This program takes as input plain formated data and converts it to the prolog format similar to that of the NLM-WSD Reviewed Results directory.

USAGE

perl nlm2mm.pl DESTINATION Basic_Reviewed_Results DIRECTORY

The MetaMap COMMAND

    The MetaMap command used in the program is:
    $ENV{METAMAP_PATH}/metamap08 -q InputFile OutputFile
   
         where --q option outputs the data in machine code

Note: the METAMAP_PATH environment variable must be set to the bin directory containing the metamap program

    For example:
      in bash: export METAMAP_PATH=/home/bthomson/metamap/public_mm/bin
      in cshrc: set env METAMAP_PATH /home/bthomson/metamap/public_mm/bin

INPUT

Required Arguments:

DESTINATION

The directory that will contain the prolog files. The structure of this directory is similar to that of the NLM-WSD Reviewed_Results directory.

SOURCE

SOURCE can be a directory or a file.

Optional Arguments:

--log DIRECTORY

Directory to contain temporary and log files. DEFAULT: nlm2mm.log

--help

Displays the quick summary of program options.

--version

Displays the version information.

OUTPUT

nlm2mm.pl converts the data set to the CuiTools xml-like .mm format.

THE plain FORMAT

In plain format each line of the text files contains a single context. where the ambiguous word is identified by:

<head item=``target word'' instance=``instance'' sense=``sense''>word</head>.

For example:

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

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

AUTHOR

 Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities    
=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007-2008,

 Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
 bthomson at cs.umn.edu
 Ted Pedersen, University of Minnesota Duluth
 tpederse at d.umn.edu

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