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This page documents the ELAN tier structures used by our projects.
The following presents an inventory of both the linguistic and the tier types used by our projects. *Note that adherance to these structures is necessary to use the ELAN-FST script which automatically adds annotations on word, lemma, morphological categories and part of speech.
| Name | Stereotype | Controlled Vocabulary | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| refT | - | - | used for ref-tiers; no stereotype because it ref-tiers are independent, root nodes, and time-alignable |
| orthT | symbolic association | - | used for orth-tiers, exact time-aligned copy of the superordinate ref-tier |
| wordT | symbolic subdivision | - | used for word-tiers, overall time-aligned copy of the orth-tier (and thus the ref-tier), but able to be divided into multiple equal parts |
| lemmaT | symbolic subdivision | - | used for lemma-tiers, overall equally-spaced, time-aligned copy of the word-tier, but able to be divided into multiple equal parts |
| morphT | symbolic subdivision | - | used for morph-tiers, overall equally-spaced, time-aligned copy of the word-tier, but able to be divided into multiple equal parts |
| posT | symbolic subdivision | pos | used for pos-tiers, overall equally-spaced, time-aligned copy of the word-tier, but able to be divided into multiple equal parts |
| ftT | symbolic association | - | used for free translation tiers, overall time-aligned copy of the orth-tier (and thus the ref-tier) |
| noteT | symbolic association | - | used for tiers adding notes to a given parent tiers, overall time-aligned copy of the parent-tier |
| langT | symbolic subdivision | languages | used for lang-tier to indicate language(s) being used in the utterance |
| Level | Name | Parent Tier | Linguistic Type | Language | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ref | - | refT | - (numbered) | root node, time-aligned annotation units are set here, each annotation is provided with a unique number here |
| -1 | orth | ref | orthT | vernacular | an orthographic transcription is provided here; this provides the input for the FST engine |
| -2 | word | orth | wordT | vernacular | tokenized version of the orth-tier; automatically created by ELAN-FST-script |
| -3 | lemma | word | lemmaT | vernacular | lemma (or lemmata in case of ambiguities) for word form listed in parent tier; automatically created by ELAN-FST-script |
| -3 | morph | word | morphT | English (linguistics) | morphological category (or categories in case of ambiguities) for word form listed in parent tier; automatically created by ELAN-FST-script |
| -3 | pos | word | posT | English (linguistics) | part of speech (or parts of speech in case of ambiguities) for word form listed in parent tier; adheres to ‘pos’-list of controlled vocabulary; automatically created by ELAN-FST-script |
| Level | Name | Parent Tier | Linguistic Type | Language | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2 | ft-XYZ | orth | ftT | a relevant lingua franca | provides a free translation of the annotated text; XYZ is replaced with a language code (e.g. eng, rus, etc.); can occur multiple times for multiple lingua francas |
| -2 | lang | orth | langT | English | indicates the language being used in an annotated utterance or part of an annotated utterance; the language name is in English; adheres to ‘languages’-list of controlled vocabulary |
| Level | Name | Parent Tier | Linguistic Type | Language | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *** | note-XYZ | XYZ | noteT | anything | provide unstructured text-based notes for any given parent tier XYZ |
*all tiers for a given speaker are named using the tier name plus the @ symbol plus an short form referring to the relevant speaker, such as ref@JKW, lemma@JKW
Template files (in ELAN .etf format):