MMAX Annotation Tool

[laohong]

MMAX: Multi-Modal Annotation in XML

Read more about this tool at:
http://www.eml-research.de/english/research/nlp/download/mmax.php

Here is a paper regarding its application in multi-layer annotations (prosodic, syntactic and discourse level):

Baumann, Stephan et al. (2004): Multi-dimensional annotation of linguistic corpora for investigating information structure. http://www.corpus4u.org/upload/forum/2006031210384389.pdf

 

[laohong]

建议 webmaster 把 MMAX Annotation Tool 放在“软件下载”栏目里。这里是下载链接：



1. Download MMAX1 (free version):
http://www.eml-esearch.de/english/research/nlp/download/MMAX094build77wox.tar.gz

2. Download MMAX2 (one-month evaluation version, but you can request a free new key from its developer to extend the evaluation period) :
http://www.eml-research.de/downloads/nlp/MMAX2_1_0beta_4.zip

 

[patricx]

i can't download the free edition. but thanks laohong!!!

 

[laohong]

One more note for guys who are trying MMAX2:

NOTE the following points before you run it:

1. Check whether your machine has got JRM installed:
Usually you can find it at "My Computer, C:, Program Files, Java" ; if there is no Java installed, pls install it at: http://www.java.com

2. Don't put your MMAX2 and corpus files under any directories/folders with space or any Chinese Characters. For instance, "My Corpus" is not acceptable (as there is a space between "My" and "Corpus"), nor is the folder named as "语料集". It's highly recommended to put your MMAX2 and corpus files directly under C or another drive you like.

3. If your evaluation key for MMAX2 expires, and don't want to request one more from its developer, I got a tip for you to use it as long as you like. You know what to do it next .

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[laohong]

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以下是引用 patricx 在 2006-3-12 10:52:56 的发言：
i can't download the free edition. but thanks laohong!!!

It works well here, anyway try this link pls:

http://www.eml-research.de/downloads/nlp/MMAX094build77.tar.gz

If it still does not work, pls let me know, I'll upload it.

 

[patricx]

thank you very much!!!

 

[ivysweet]

Hi Laohong, you are so generous recommending perhaps one of your favourite annotation tools to us.

 

[清风出袖]

When I clicked the batch-executed file named as startmmax2_ktb_win, the following problem occured as in the picture, what happened and what I should do to fix the problem? Thanks a lot for helping me on this!

P.S. I have put the dezipped file folder directly under e:\. I have loaded Java as told.

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[laohong]

As the error message showed, the evaluation key expired. You can send an email to the developer to request a free new key. Another solution is .......

 

[清风出袖]

yet another probelm occured as I loaded a file direcly under e:\ as shown in screen shot

what do I have to do next to fix it? Thanks a lot in advance!

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[laohong]

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以下是引用 ivysweet 在 2006-3-12 18:09:51 的发言：
Hi Laohong, you are so generous recommending perhaps one of your favourite annotation tools to us.

My pleasure! I have to admit that it is my most favourite annotation tool. We've been using it in more than 10 projects to annotate different linguistic features in past few years. We even paid 1500 Euro to get a site licence for the university recently. It's really expensive if you don't know how to customize it for your own purposes (and that is the best thing you should get from the tool).

 

[laohong]

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Attached is the new MMAX2 evaluation key, valid for 80 days from Mar 16, 2006.

Question: What to do after the evaluation key expires?
Answer: Additional keys are available upon request, send mail to mmax@eml-research.de to request a new key.

http://www.corpus4u.org/upload/forum/2006041211092248.pdf

NOTE: Change the download file name to MMAX2Key.jar, then use it to replace the original one in the MMAX2 folder.

 

[刘语料]

thanks laohong.

 

[tiger]

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以下是引用 laohong 在 2006-4-12 11:12:49 的发言：
Attached is the new MMAX2 evaluation key, valid for 80 days from Mar 16, 2006.

Question: What to do after the evaluation key expires?
Answer: Additional keys are available upon request, send mail to mmax@eml-research.de to request a new key.

http://forum.corpus4u.org/upload/forum/2006041211092248.pdf

NOTE: Change the download file name to MMAX2Key.jar, then use it to replace the original one in the MMAX2 folder.

thanks a lot

 

[laohong]

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MMAX Annotation Tool now is open-sourced and freely available at:
http://mmax2.sourceforge.net/

Originally available at: EML-Research, Germany:
http://www.eml-research.de/english/research/nlp/download/mmax.php

 

[maggie0300]

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我怎么一直没找到用MMAX的感觉呢？用UAM很快就摸熟了，MMAX是不是要自己制定scheme啊？版主，请指点一下吧。

 

[laohong]

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我怎么一直没找到用MMAX的感觉呢？用UAM很快就摸熟了，MMAX是不是要自己制定scheme啊？版主，请指点一下吧。

不管用什么工具，scheme都得自己订制，这个方面没什么捷径可走。打个不太恰当的比方，UAM是给小学生用的，那么MMAX就是给大学生用的。没找着感觉不行啊，跟着感觉走的前提是得找到感觉在哪里……可喜的是你已经会用UAM了，MMAX也就没什么难点了。

 

[maggie0300]

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谢谢版主，经过昨天的摸索，我对MMAX的有一定理解了。不过有一个问题是annotation的结果是以.mmax这样的文件名保存的吗？我发现它对不同的level有不同的xml文件来记录，如有subject, 和 object两个level,就会生成subject_level.xml,和object_level.xml两个文件，那如果要查看着整篇文章的标注情况，有没有一个xml文件呢？，不然，如果我有很多的text要标注，最后的结果是以什么形式保存的？请老师以您的应验来指点指点我。

 

[laohong]

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...有一个问题是annotation的结果是以.mmax这样的文件名保存的吗？

不是，标注结果都在markables那个文件夹里。

....我发现它对不同的level有不同的xml文件来记录，如有subject, 和 object两个level, 就会生成subject_level.xml,和object_level.xml两个文件....

也对也不对。你说对了，不同level（严格说来是不同scheme）会有不同的结果文件markables.xml。也就是说，你有几个schemes，就应该有几个对应的markables.xml文件。但是，你把subject 和 object 搞成了两个schemes就不对了，因为它们应该都是syntax这一level的，应该在同一个scheme里的。同理，名词、动词等都是属于POS这一层scheme里的，你不应该给它们每个分别搞一个scheme.

.....那如果要查看着整篇文章的标注情况，有没有一个xml文件呢？...

正如前面所说，每个markables.xml只是其所在这一层的结果。如果一篇语料你准备标注词性POS、句法Syntax、句子类型sentence type这三个层次的信息，那么你就得有这三个层次的schemes，你的结果就有了三个markables.xml文件。不过，并没有一个把这三个xml合并的文件，因为这就是standoff annotation的奇妙之处 --- 不必用一个常见的 straightforward xml 文件来包容所有标注信息，因为那是落后、低效的方法。理论上说来，对于同一语料，你可以有几百、几千中不同的schemes, 会得到几百、几千个markables.xml文件，把这些信息全部写到一个普通的xml里是mission impossible。

.....如果我有很多的text要标注，最后的结果是以什么形式保存的？...

如果你有10个语料，每个语料有3个层次要标注，那么你最后就得到30个markables.xml文件。

 

[xudekuan]

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laohong说，mmax可以用来标注对齐的语料库，有问题想问：

有两个文件，一个是英文文件，一个是汉语译文，用max进行对齐标注的时候，是要把这两个文件合并成一个文件，还是分别调入max？如果是分别调入，如何操作？