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Manual validation of entities in entity extraction

Algorithmic extraction of entities from text is a powerful tool and a core feature of PolyAnalyst, but it can be difficult to get results with absolutely no false positives. Previously, the user would have to reword the algorithm little by little to remove each false positive, or find some other way to filter the results. Fortunately PolyAnalyst supports manual validation of entity extraction results. In effect this means that a…
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Why we use dependency parsing

For beginners, text analysis often begins with a simple keyword search. Analysts can start by searching for “great service”. They may then begin adding other searches like “service was great” or “service is so great”. This, of course, is a very rudimentary approach that will miss a lot of relevant comments, so users who want to get more results quickly will advance to proximity searches. For example, they may search…
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Prepping the XPDL seminar series

XPDL is short for Extended Pattern Definition Language. It is a feature of Megaputer’s PolyAnalyst software that helps in analyzing textual data. Megaputer periodically provides educational events to help others learn about our technologies. Registration for the XPDL webinar series opens June 1, 2018. Following numerous requests from our customers for more XPDL training material, I’ve been developing an XPDL seminar series.  We receive a lot of questions about how…
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Looking for the competitive edge

Knowing what your competitors are doing and discovering the latest trends in your industry are important activities of a successful business. At Megaputer, we provide an automated competitive intelligence solution with our advanced data and text analytical tool PolyAnalyst. The solution enables easy monitoring of hundreds of online data sources, tracking of competitors’ activity and industry trending and Identification of critical information about the competitive landscape. This solution can help…
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