SYNOPSIS

Converts the NLM-WSD data set to the xml-like .mm `Xformat used by the CuiTools package using current UMLS information.


DESCRIPTION

This program takes as input the format of the National Library of Medicine's Word Sense Disambiguation and converts it to our xml-like mm format for processing with the CuiTools word sense disambiguation programs.


USAGE

perl prolog2mm.pl DESTINATION SOURCE


INPUT

Required Arguments:

DESTINATION

The directory that the .mm output files should go. The output file names will be named <targetword>.mm

SOURCE

If you are using the NLM-WSD dataset then the required SOURCE is

    NLMWSDHOME/Reviewed_Results

Otherwise it is the directory that is formated similar to that of the Reviewed_Results directory. The output directory to the plain2prolog.pl program is an example of this format.

Optional Arguments:

head3 --log DIRECTORY

Directory to contain temporary and log files. DEFAULT: prolog2mm.log

--nlm

The dataset being used the NLM-WSD dataset

--help

Displays the quick summary of program options.

--version

Displays the version information.


OUTPUT

prolog2mm.pl converts the data set to the CuiTools xml-like .mm format.


THE .mm FORMAT

See README.mm.format


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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