Using a Manual Editor and a Semi-Automatic Parser of Source Texts to Build a Corpus of Game Scripts
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A practical approach is proposed for building a specialized corpus of game scripts based on a combination of manual annotation and semi-automatic parsing of the source texts. The method integrates a graphical editor for expert annotation, a modular parser that performs initial structuring of the source texts using formal rules and heuristics, and a visualization of links between scenes. This combination provides an iterative cycle of expert validation necessary to obtain a correct and reproducible corpus.
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