[developers] quick check/checkpaths

Berthold Crysmann crysmann at ifk.uni-bonn.de
Thu Oct 30 17:16:41 CET 2008


On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 15:17 +0000, Ann Copestake wrote:
> My guess is that even 45 is more than necessary - I seem to remember
> that the vector stayed much the same after 5 short items when we tried
> it originally in Verbmobil days.  BUT - it occurs to me - is the size
> of the vector still set to 30 for PET?  It might be worth checking
> that this is still around optimal if nobody has done that recently.
> 

>From 40 qc paths on, the positive effect declines with GG, at least as
measured for Pet a year or two ago. 

B
> Ann
> 
> > 
> > G'day,
> > 
> > does anyone have any idea of how many items should be parsed when
> > creating the quick check/checkpaths files for cheap and the lkb
> > respectively?  I see the ERG  is using a modest 45, while I had been
> > using a hundred, and worrying it would be too few.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Francis Bond <http://www2.nict.go.jp/x/x161/en/member/bond/>
> > NICT Language Infrastructure Group
> > 
> > P.S. If you don't know what the quick check/checkpaths files are, please see:
> > http://wiki.delph-in.net/moin/JacyPerformance
> > 
> > P.P.S. If someone would like to move this information to a better
> > place in the wiki, feel free.
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PD Dr. Berthold Crysmann <crysmann at ifk.uni-bonn.de>
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