INFORMATION EXTRACTION APPARATUS AND METHODS
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1. Automatic information extraction apparatus for extracting data for review by a human curator from digital representations of documents comprising natural language text, the automatic information extraction apparatus having a plurality of selectable operating modes in which the automatic information extraction apparatus is operable to extract different data for review by a human curator.
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Abstract
Automatic information extraction apparatus for extracting data for review by a human curator from digital representations of documents comprising natural language text, the automatic information extraction apparatus having a plurality of selectable operating modes in which the automatic information extraction apparatus is operable to extract different data for review by a human curator. In the different operating modes, the information extraction apparatus may extract data with a different balance between recall and precision.
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- 1. Automatic information extraction apparatus for extracting data for review by a human curator from digital representations of documents comprising natural language text, the automatic information extraction apparatus having a plurality of selectable operating modes in which the automatic information extraction apparatus is operable to extract different data for review by a human curator.
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20. A method of optimising automatic information extraction apparatus which is operable to extract data for review by a human curator from digital representations of documents comprising natural language text, comprising the steps of:
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(i) extracting data from at least one digital representation of a document comprising natural language text, using an information extraction module; (ii) providing a computer-user interface which presents the extracted data to a human curator for review and which analyses the interactions between the human curator and the computer-user interface; and (iii) modifying the information extraction module responsive to the analysed interactions to facilitate an improvement in the subsequent performance of a or the human curator using the information extraction module and computer-user interface to review extracted data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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