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Broad Operational Language Translation (BOLT) Phase 2


The table below contains links to various documentation pertaining to the BOLT evaluations in Phase 2.

File Description

Act.
A-MT

Act.
A-IR

Act.
B/C

Evaluation Plan v8, July 26 2013 v1.3, May 29 2013

v4.5, Sep. 27 2013

System Hardware Requirements    

Dell Precision M4600, Mar. 22 2012
or
Dell Precision M4700, Apr. 3 2012

Output File Format (DTD/XSD)  

BOLT IR Cite Schema DTD

BOLT IR GRP Schema DTD

BOLT IR Topic Schema DTD

BOLT BC Phase 2 - Output Format (XSD), v7, Aug. 14 2013
Output Checker (DTD/XSD)     BOLT BC Phase 2 - Output Consistency Checker, v1.6, Aug. 14 2013
Other resources    

Additional Common English ASR Vocabulary Lists:
IBM 69 words, Jun. 1 2012

Schedule

Please see the respective evaluation plans above for more details.

Aug. 4 2013 Act. A-IR: LDC completes dry run assessments
Aug. 9 2013 Act. A-IR: Dry run scores provided to teams
Aug. 19-23 2013 Act. A-MT: Dry run period
Sep. 16-20 2013 Act. A-MT: Forum data evaluation period
Sep. 23-27 2013 Act. A-MT: SMS/Chat data evaluation period
Sep. 16 2013 (36h period) Act. A-IR: Relevance evaluation
Oct. 21-25 2013 Act. C: Evaluation period
Oct. 31 2013 Act. A-IR: Relevance assessments completed
Nov. 12-15 & 18-22 2013 Act. C: Human assessments
Tentative Jan. 13-15 2014 PI meeting in Washington DC area

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Created February 15, 2013, Updated September 15, 2021
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