BoAT v2 - A Web-Based Dependency Annotation Tool with Focus on Agglutinative Languages
2022 International Conference and Workshop on Agglutanative Language Technologies as a Challenge of Natural Language Processing, ALTNLP 2022, Virtual, Online, Slovenya, 7 - 08 Haziran 2022, cilt.3315, ss.1-8, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Cilt numarası: 3315
- Basıldığı Şehir: Virtual, Online
- Basıldığı Ülke: Slovenya
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-8
- Anahtar Kelimeler: annotation tool, dependency parsing, linguistic annotation, natural language processing, Universal Dependencies, web application
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The value of quality treebanks is steadily increasing due to the crucial role they play in the development of natural language processing tools. The creation of such treebanks is enormously labor-intensive and time-consuming. Especially when the size of treebanks is considered, tools that support the annotation process are essential. Various annotation tools have been proposed, however, they are often not suitable for agglutinative languages such as Turkish. boat-v1 was developed for annotating dependency relations and was subsequently used to create the manually annotated boun Treebank (UD_Turkish-BOUN). In this work, we report on the design and implementation of a dependency annotation tool (boat-v2) based on the experiences gained from the use of boat-v1, which revealed several opportunities for improvement. boat-v2 is a multi-user and web-based dependency annotation tool that is designed with a focus on the annotator user experience to yield valid annotations. The main objectives of the tool are to: (1) support creating valid and consistent annotations with increased speed, (2) significantly improve the user experience of the annotator, (3) support collaboration among annotators, and (4) provide an open-source and easily deployable web-based annotation tool with a flexible application programming interface (API) to benefit the scientific community. This paper discusses the requirements elicitation, design, and implementation of boat-v2 along with examples.