Posted by Larry Hoover on June 13, 2006, at 16:51:12
In reply to Re: looking for trigger words, posted by Dr. Bob on June 12, 2006, at 21:54:21
> > The computer program would actually be a teaching tool
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> I agree, a computer program could be, but if it suggests flagging based on words, then wouldn't it teach flagging based on words?
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> > I would suggest starting with a short list of trigger words and adding or modifying them as needed.
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> If we did, which ones should we start with?
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> BobI think using words as a filter is not very efficient or effective, compared to the effort required to make it work.
I prefer simple, manual flagging. We could never anticipate all examples of evocative writing, and we could not ever avoid false positives. False positives would just confuse and weaken the whole enterprise.
Lar
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