annotator
noun[C]
uk/ˈæn.ə.teɪ.tər/us/ˈæn.ə.teɪ.t̬ɚ/someone whoannotates(=addsshortexplanationsor othernotesto)atextsuch as aliterarywork:
He was ascholarlyeditorand annotator ofclassicalmanuscripts.
computing,languagespecialized
apersonorcomputerprogramthataddsannotations(=descriptionsorinformation)todata, forexamplelabelssaying whether a word is anoun, averb, etc.:
Compared tohumanannotators,automatedsystemsgave morevariableresults.
The search-and-retrievalsystemincludesan annotator thatannotatesdataand metadata.
- She was asensitiveeditorand annotator of Wilkie Collins, but herstrongestcommitmentwas tofemaleauthors.
- He isbestknownas aneditorand annotator of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmesbooks.
- For each word, an annotator - eithermanualorautomatic-selectsanappropriatesensefrom acomputationallexicon.
- Asemantictaggingexercisefoundthatevenbasicwordmeaningscannot bereliablydistinguishedbyhumanannotators.
Remarks & remarking
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