Temporal Expression Recognition and Normalization Task

In the Temporal Expression Recognition and Normalization task, systems are required to recognize the Temporal Expressions occurring in a text by identifying their extension, and to normalize them, i.e. give a representation of their meaning by assigning values to a pre-defined set of attributes. The task will be based on the TIMEX2 standard, with some adaptations to Italian. The Italian Content Annotation Bank (I-CAB) Version 4.1, developed by FBK and CELCT, will be used both for development data (335 news stories, for a total of 113,000 words) and test data (190 news stories, for a total of 69,000 words). I-CAB is distributed upon acceptance of the agreement terms for a free research licence.

This task consists of two subtasks:

  • Temporal Expression Recognition
  • Temporal Expression Recognition and Normalization

Participants may choose to partecipate in any of the two subtasks.

Organizers:
Valentina Bartalesi Lenzi (CELCT, Trento, Italy - bartalesicelct.it)
Rachele Sprugnoli (CELCT, Trento, Italy - sprugnolicelct.it)

Data Distribution

Detailed guidelines

Trial examples (TE recognition and TE recognition and normalization)

ACE-2007 scorer (modified for EVALITA 2007)

APF DTD

Annotation Report