Overview of the 2014 ALTA shared task: identifying expressions of locations in tweets

Diego Molla, Sarvnaz Karimi

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Abstract

This year was the fifth in the ALTA series of shared tasks. The topic of the 2014 ALTA shared task was to identify location information in tweets. As in past competitions, we used Kaggle in Class as the framework for submission, evaluation and communication with the participants. In this paper we describe the details of the shared task, evaluation method, and results of the participating systems.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)151-156
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of Australasian Language Technology Association Workshop 2014 : ALTA 2014
Publication statusPublished - 2014
EventAustralasian Language Technology Association Workshop (12th : 2014) - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 26 Nov 201428 Nov 2014

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