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To: TDT List <tdt-distrib@unagi.cis.upenn.edu>
From: Jonathan Fiscus <jonathan.fiscus@nist.gov>
Subject: TDT4 Req'd conditions
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:30:06 -0400

Folks,

Just to make sure everyone's on the same page, here's a list of the
required conditions for each evaluation task. Please make sure the
system outputs that you generate for each system includes the required
condition unless we've made alternative arrangements. This list is no
in line with the evaluation plan on the web site.


Jon


Story segmentation
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Source language			English, Mandarin and Arabic
Source data type		ASR transcription

Maximum decision deferral period
				10,000 words for English and Arabic
				15,000 characters for Mandarin



Topic Tracking
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Basic Required Conditions
Topic training language		English
Source language			All

On-topic training stories 1
Off-topic training stories 0
Source data type		text sources and manual transcription
				of audio sources
Story boundaries		Reference boundaries


Alternate ("Challenge") Conditions
Topic training language		English
Source language			All

On-topic training stories 4
Off-topic training stories 2 and 0
Source data type		text sources and ASR transcription
				of audio sources
Story boundaries		Reference boundaries



New Event Detection
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Source Language			English only
Source data type		Text sources and the TDT4 
				automatic transcription of audio sources

Maximum decision deferral period
				10 source files
Story boundaries		Automatic boundaries



Topic Detection
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Source Language			English, Mandarin and Arabic
Source data type		Text sources and the TDT4
				automatic transcription of audio sources

Maximum decision deferral period
				10 source files
Story boundaries		Reference boundaries



Link Detection
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Source Language			English, Mandarin and Arabic
Source data type		Text sources and the ASR transcription
				of audio sources

Maximum decision deferral period
				10 source files
Story boundaries		Reference boundaries

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