Seg.Errors

**Common Segmentation Question Areas**
Miscellaneous Report Boundaries (News)	Lists
Financial Reports	Weather
Sports	Questions?Comments?

Miscellaneous Reports
i) The upcoming news information has been incorporated into a single report. None of the topics raised can be considered reports.

<sr 1676.00> <sn 1676.00>
COMING UP IN TWO MINUTES -- THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL IS BACKING THE NEW IRAQI ARMS INSPECTION DEAL WITH SOME STRONG WARNINGS.

AND A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE MONICA LEWINSKY CONTROVERSY PREPARES TO GO BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.

FIRST, THE HIGHEST-RESOLUTION IMAGES YET OF JUPITER'S MOON EUROPA, COURTESY OF THE GALILEO SPACECRAFT.

I'M DAVID GOODNOW.

YOU'RE WITH "CNN HEADLINE NEWS."

ii) These report boundaries do not satisfy the two independent clause guideline, and are therefore not valid as report sections.

<sn 0.00>

<sr 19.454>
<turn ANNOUNCER_CLARK>
Hillary Rodham Clinton has gone on national television to defend her husband
as he and Congress prepare for tonight's State of the Union message.
<sr 27.710>
<turn ANNOUNCER_ARAT>
I'm Elizabeth Arat. Russia sends a high-ranking diplomat to Iraq trying to
find a peaceful solution to a worsening crisis.
<sr 35.378>
<turn ANNOUNCER_CLARK>
The World Health Organization has a new president and she's different from all
previous presidents.
<sn 41.239>
<turn ANNOUNCER_ARAT>
We'll also hear about new words creeping into the Russian language. Those
stories and more in the next hour on World Report.
<sr 60.105>

iii) The preceeding story was on the Annan agreement with Iraq. If this section boundary followed a commercial, it could be an independent report. As it exists however, it is an unecessary and incorrect separation from the earlier report.


They supported the message I gave to president Saddam Hussein, and I myself am on record by saying that next time around, I'm not sure diplomacy will be given a second chance.

<sr 394.840>
A top U.N. envoy has arrived in Baghdad to put together a team of diplomats who will escort weapons inspectors when they visit presidential sites.

That's a key part of the Annan agreement.

The Sri lankan envoy will meet with Iraqi officials this week to present
his plans.

Financial reports
i) a) Given that the story segmentation is correct, the first report section does not follow the two independent clause guidelines, and should have been an <su, for "undertranscribed report".

b) Financial indicators however, that are followed by generalized economic statements are often linked closely enough that they are subsections of the same story.

<sr 1023.147>
Blue chips finished the week on a strong note.

<sr 1034.321>
The economy is going strong.

The unemployment rate for last month sank to the level it reached in November, the lowest in 24 years.


ii) The first sr robably should have been a <su and connected to the subsequent report.

<sr 1016.271>
Wall Street finally ran out of gas today.

<sr 1028.350>
For years, Microsoft has been the closest thing to a sure thing on Wall Street

Sports

Sports reports are segmented as sections according to the type of sport that is being reported on. Summaries of sport scores are considered as lists, and receive an <sn.
Olympic events are similarly sectioned according to sporting event, however, one line summaries of the results of a day's events are taken together as one report in observing the Olympics itself as an event.

i) "On the Scoreboard.." - usually indicates that a list of sports scores follows - categorize as an <sn.


<su 1317.950> <sn 1317.950>
ON THE SCOREBOARD --
<sn 1332.066>
NBA -- ANTHONY KEITH JAMES, "CNN HEADLINE SPORTS."

<sr 1338.764>

ii) There is always a commercial at the end of the "Play of the Day" - please
check, and indicate the start of the commercial section.

NELSON SAYS HALLELUJAH.

LOOK AGAIN, AS REEVES PUTS IT UP FROM WELL BEYOND HALF COURT AND MAKES THE "PLAY OF THE DAY."

<sn 1444.532>
<sr 1498.832>
MICHAEL JACKSON'S PLAN TO BUILD AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN WARSAW, POLAND, IS NOT
A

Weather
Example of -
Weather list
Weather report

1.) Cold & Flu reports are <sn...>

<sn 695.302>
THIS IS THE "CNN HEADLINE NEWS" COLD AND FLU REPORT.

THESE CITIES ARE ON ADVISORY ALERT -- THIS INDICATES THAT RESPIRATORY ILLNESS HAS
ENTERED THE MARKET AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD.

IT WILL PEAK IN APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.

<sn 752.958>
THESE CITIES ARE ON ADVISORY ALERT.

THIS INDICATES THAT THE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS HAS ENTERED THE MARKET AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD.

Lists
Another example of a list

It's 2320 Universal Time. Here are the weather forecasts for some cities
in our region.
Chicago, periods of clouds and sunshine,
warm and very humid. High 30.
Perth, sunny, breezy and hot. High 32.
Wellington, showers, high 18.
Losa [phonetic], mostly cloudy and cold.
High zero.
Canton, mostly sunny, high 18.
Hong Kong, partly sunny, high 18.
Shanghi, sunny, high 44.
Beijing, mostly sunny and cold, the high
one.
Rangoon, mostly sunny and warm, high 31.
Manilla, partly sunny, breezy and humid.
High 28.
Ho Chi Minh City, partly sunny, hot and
humid.
Listeners in Berlin can expect some
showers. It will be very windy with a high of five.
Frankfurt's forecast calls for snow and
rain, very windy, high three.
In Cairo, partly sunny, high 18.
It was an unusually pleasant day for
Washington, D.C. for early January. Sunny, calm and
warm, the high about 16. More of the same forecast
for Monday.
The weather forecasts are a service of VOA
Today. They are prepared by Accu-Weather.

nmartey@ldc.upenn.edu

Last modified: Wed Mar 25 12:32:58 1998