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Dear Rob<br><br>
I've CC'd this to the Group so others can chip in. <br>
Here's a summary of where we are: <br><br>
We are trying to make a version of ESV with Strongs tagging, using the
tagged NASB text as a starting point. <br><br>
THe process we are attempting is: <br><br>
1) convert the NASB XML text to something which looks like a BibleWorks
exported text <br>
(ie each verse on one line starting with a simple ref (eg Gen 1:1
In the beginning...)<br><br>
2) use the Word 2003+ text comparison tools (which are much superior to
Word 97) to compare the text of both versions producing something like:
<dl>
<dd>Gen 1:2 <w H776>The earth</w> was
<b><s>formless</s> </b><w H8414><b>formless</b></w> <w
H922>and void</w>, and <w H2822>darkness </w> <w
H5921>was over</w> the <w H6440><b><s>sur</s></b>face
</w> <w H8415>of the deep</w><b><s>, and</s> . And
</b><w H7307>the Spirit </w> <w H430>of God</w>
was <w H7363!b><b><s>moving</s> hovering </b></w> <w
H5921>over</w> the <w H6440><b><s>sur</s></b>face
</w> <w H4325>of the waters. </w>.<br><br>
</dl>3) create a site where human can easily correct this automatic
markup<br>
- eg the proof of concept
<a href="http://www.slowley.com/tagger-proof-of-concept/example.html">
here</a>. <br><br>
4) merge the resultant text with the verb parsing in the tagged
KJV<br><br>
Since starting this, I've heard from Troy who originally organised the
team who tagged the NASB. He says his method is: <br><br>
<dl>
<dd>1) starts with a lemma tagged text, the KJV, and CrossWay's ESV data
in OSIS format.
<dd>2) the ESV module is iterated each verse at a time and is processed
as such:
<dd>3) the OSIS markup is stripped from the ESV text and positioning
information is retained
<dd>4) a word table is built from the KJV text:
<dd> KJV Word 1
| Strongs #
<dd> KJV Word 2
| Strongs #
<dd>5) a second table is build from the ESV text:
<dd> ESV Word 1 |
<dd> ESV Word 2 |
<dd>6) these tables are passed to a function which is responsible solely
for the logic to fill in the second part of the second table with
Strong's numbers.
<dd>7) the returned table is used to reconstitute the the OSIS tags to
the ESV text including word-level Strong's markup.
<dd>See a screenshot for the community collaboration tool for KJV Strongs
markup project is at
<a href="http://crosswire.org/sword/kjv2003/#ss">
http://crosswire.org/sword/kjv2003/#ss</a>
<dd>We're hoping to convert it to a web application instead of a
standalone Java GUI, but that hasn't happened yet.<br>
<dd>I'd love to work together on this effort. Please keep me posted
on any progress and let me know if I can help in anyway.<br>
<dd>Troy<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><br>
</dl>At 10:18 17/03/2011, Robert Slowley wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">So, presumably if you could
script it to break each chapter in to a<br>
separate file, do the comparisons, and then re-export as a single
file<br>
we could import that in to a tool like mine so a human could fix the<br>
errors and do the bits the auto-comparison failed to do.<br><br>
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:19 AM, David Instone-Brewer<br>
<davidinstonebrewer@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
> From the automatic comparisons produced by Word, we get:<br>
><br>
> Gen 1:1 <w H7225>In the beginning,</w> <w
H430>God</w> <w<br>
> H1254!a>created</w> <w H8064>the heavens</w>
<w H776>and the earth </w>.<br>
> Gen 1:2 <w H776>The earth</w> was <w
H8414>without form</w> <w H922>and<br>
> void</w>, and <w H2822>darkness</w> <w
H5921>was over</w> the <w<br>
> H6440>face</w> <w H8415>of the deep</w>. And
<w H7307>the Spirit</w> <w<br>
> H430>of God</w> was <w H7363!b>hovering </w>
<w H5921>over</w> the <w<br>
> H6440>face</w> <w H4325>of the waters
</w>.<br>
><br>
> - ie the first two verses are already perfectly tagged. In fact
there aren't<br>
> any problems in Gen.1 till we get to v.5:<br>
><br>
> Gen 1:5 <w H430>God</w> <w
H7121>called</w> <w H216>the light</w> <w<br>
> H3117>Day</w>, <w H2822>and the darkness</w>
<w H7121>he called</w> <w<br>
> H3915>Night.</w>. And <w H6153>there was
evening</w> <w H1242>and there was<br>
> morningthe first</w>, <w H259>one</w> <w
H3117>day</w>.<br>
><br>
> The problem is that Word gives up making these comparisons after a
few<br>
> chapters.<br>
> Some of these problems can be cleared up by macros.<br>
><br>
> David IB<br>
><br>
> At 00:43 15/03/2011, Robert Slowley wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I think I can produce a better text to produce something which
has less to<br>
>> correct.<br>
> What do you mean?<br>
><br>
>> It would be useful to have transliterated Hebrew and a
single-word meaning<br>
>> instead of the numbers.<br>
> I have an electronic copy of the stuff you get on popups on<br>
>
<a href="http://classic.net.bible.org/verse.php?search=Genesis%201:30&book=genesis&chapter=1&verse=30" eudora="autourl">
http://classic.net.bible.org/verse.php?search=Genesis%201:30&book=genesis&chapter=1&verse=30</a>
<br>
> for Strongs already - which I was planning to integrate. If the<br>
> numbers are replaced with 'transliterated Hebrew' or a
'single-word<br>
> meaning' what specifically would that mean?<br>
><br>
> For instance on<br>
>
<a href="http://classic.net.bible.org/verse.php?search=Genesis%201:30&book=genesis&chapter=1&verse=30" eudora="autourl">
http://classic.net.bible.org/verse.php?search=Genesis%201:30&book=genesis&chapter=1&verse=30</a>
<br>
> for the strongs reference h03651, which is the transliterated
hebrew,<br>
> and which is the single word meaning?<br>
><br>
>> It would be useful to divide the top line by the tagging, not by
any<br>
>> English<br>
>> parsing<br>
>> eg Gen.1.30 || and to every thing (h3605 )||<br>
>> instead of || and to every
(h3605) || thing (h3605 ) ||<br>
> In the case of Genesis 1:30 the text behind it is:<br>
> NASB: ... <w H3605>and to every</w> <w
H3605>thing</w> ...<br>
><br>
> Presumably there is a reason for the text to have two separate sets
of<br>
> words both tagged individually with H3605? Or is it just a
markup<br>
> error?<br>
><br>
> Presumably in some cases it words should be merged if they have
the<br>
> same strongs and are next to each other, but in other cases,
this<br>
> isn't the case, e.g. Isa 6:3<br>
>
<a href="http://classic.net.bible.org/verse.php?search=isa%206:3&book=isa&chapter=6&verse=3" eudora="autourl">
http://classic.net.bible.org/verse.php?search=isa%206:3&book=isa&chapter=6&verse=3</a>
<br>
><br>
> Has:<br>
><br>
> <w H6918>Holy</w>, <w H6918>Holy</w>, <w
H6918>Holy</w>, is the <w<br>
> H3068>Lord</w> <w H6635>of hosts</w><br>
><br>
> because the Hebrew has swdq repeated 3 times, and I assume that
the<br>
> reader who understands Strong's gets this indication by it
being<br>
> repeated rather than there being <w H6918>Holy, Holy,
Holy</w>. Is<br>
> that right?<br>
><br>
>> It might be better to have the bottom line with a separate box
for very<br>
>> word. Sometimes we will want to divide things up
differently<br>
> As I see it we have 'phrases' (a set of one or more words) which
may<br>
> have one or more strongs references. In some cases a set of words
with<br>
> have a shared strongs reference, but in other cases like Isa 6:3
sets<br>
> of contiguous words may have the same strongs references but still
be<br>
> separate 'phrases'. As I see it there's no automatically working
this<br>
> out.<br>
><br>
> What I was thinking was to have some algorithm that tries to<br>
> automatically map the NASB strongs annotations on to the ESV
text,<br>
> similar to what I have already crudely done here. That can either
try<br>
> to group things as the NASB does (where a set of contiguous
words<br>
> share a strongs reference), or do what I have done here (which
is<br>
> easier) which is to automatically group words in to a 'phrase'
where<br>
> they share the same strongs references.<br>
><br>
> Either way not all of the ESV can be automatically annotated in
this<br>
> way, the annotation will be wrong in some cases, and the
automated<br>
> grouping may be wrong in some cases. So I was thinking of making
the<br>
> interface such that once the automated grouping has been attempted
the<br>
> end user can click on a box which will make it selected, then click
on<br>
> the next box to the left or right (and so on), when this is done
a<br>
> button for "merging in to a phrase" would appear - then if
this is<br>
> clicked they would be made in to a phrase and could have their
strongs<br>
> references assigned. Alternatively clicking on a box that represents
a<br>
> phrase of one or more words will cause a "demerge" button
to appear<br>
> that will separate out all the words. This will allow the end user
to<br>
> handle both types of situation.<br>
><br>
> I also thought some sort of "This verse is tagged
correctly" button<br>
> would be good. In some cases the program will annotate everything,
but<br>
> it will still need to be checked by a human - and a human may
wish<br>
> their annotation to be checked by someone else for quality
purposes.<br>
> When a verse is marked as correct, it can have a tick or
something,<br>
> and there can be a page of "verses that need work" which
it would<br>
> automatically be removed from. Does that sound sensible?<br>
><br>
> We have easy access to the SBLGNT (with apparatus) and
Leningrad<br>
> Codex. Is it worthwhile including those for each verse? I don't
know<br>
> what process an annotator would go through, and what level of<br>
> knowledge of the original languages they would use.<br>
><br>
> I worked a bit today on tidying up the classes I've written,
and<br>
> improving the processing of the text (in the next few weeks I'll
send<br>
> you a list of the suspicious stuff I found while processing your
files<br>
> ;-) ). I'm away next week for my 1st year's anniversary holiday -
but<br>
> after that can start work on making this in to an actual web app
that<br>
> would be useful rather than a static web page demo of the sort
of<br>
> thing I had in mind.<br>
><br>
> Any thoughts / comments / ideas appreciated!<br>
><br>
> It'd probably be a good idea to see if we can improve the
automatic<br>
> annotation of the ESV from the NASB if we can, as any progress
made<br>
> here before people start manually annotating / checking will
reduce<br>
> the amount of man hours needed to complete the task.<br>
><br>
> -Rob<br>
> --<br>
>
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http://www.slowley.com/</a><br>
><br>
> "On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of
Parliament],<br>
> 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures,
will<br>
> the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend
the<br>
> kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a
question."<br>
> -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)<br><br>
<br><br>
-- <br>
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http://www.slowley.com/</a><br><br>
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of
Parliament],<br>
'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will<br>
the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the<br>
kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."<br>
-- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)<br>
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