diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c30deea --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +.venv/ +**/__pycache__/ +*.pyc \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/createDocumentResources.py b/geoEntityRecognition/createDocumentResources.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..526c805 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/createDocumentResources.py @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +from writeElement import writeToXMLForImport +import json +import codecs +import requests + +def importDocument(textContent, name): + url = "http://localhost:3333/v2/resources" + payload = {} + payload["@id"] = "http://rdfh.ch/0001/document_" + name + payload["@type"] = "geo:Document" + payload["knora-api:attachedToProject"] = {"@id": "http://rdfh.ch/projects/0001"} + payload["geo:hasTextWithLocation"] = { + "@type": "knora-api:TextValue", + "knora-api:textValueAsXml": textContent, + "knora-api:textValueHasMapping": { "@id": "http://rdfh.ch/standoff/mappings/StandardMapping"}, + "knora-api:creationDate": { + "@type": "xsd:dateTimeStamp", + "@value": "2020-01-21T12:58:54.502951Z" + } + } + payload["rdfs:label"] = name + payload["knora-api:creationDate"] = { + "@type": "xsd:dateTimeStamp", + "@value": "2020-01-21T12:58:54.502951Z" + } + payload["@context"] = { + "rdf": "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#", + "knora-api": "http://api.knora.org/ontology/knora-api/v2#", + "rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#", + "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#", + "anything": "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#" + } + json_object = json.dumps(payload, indent=4) + headers = { + 'authorization': "Basic cm9vdEBleGFtcGxlLmNvbTp0ZXN0", + 'cache-control': "no-cache", + 'postman-token': "19f719be-45ed-fa95-487d-e5510794e9b2" + } + response = requests.request("POST", url, data=json_object, headers=headers) + if response.ok: + print("Document "+ name + "is stored!") + +def createDocumentResource(text, updatedLocations, name, outputFile): + pureText = open(text, "r").read() + writeToXMLForImport(pureText, updatedLocations, outputFile) + # textContent = codecs.open(outputFile, 'r', encoding='utf8') + # importDocument(textContent, name) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/createLocationResources.py b/geoEntityRecognition/createLocationResources.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fdeb8be --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/createLocationResources.py @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +from getIdentifier import addWikiInfo +from writeElement import writeToHTML +from importLocations import importLocation +import os +from extractLocationFromText import ExtractLocationFromText + +parser = ExtractLocationFromText() + +def createLocationsInEnglishText(importedLocations, testData): + + text = open(testData, "r").read() + foundLocations = parser.getLocationsEnglish(text) + updatedLocations = addWikiInfo(foundLocations=foundLocations) + importedLocations = importLocation(foundLocations=updatedLocations, importedLocations=importedLocations) + + return updatedLocations, importedLocations + +def createLocationsInGermanText(importedLocations, testData): + text = open(testData, "r").read() + foundLocations = parser.getLocationsGerman(text) + updatedLocations = addWikiInfo(foundLocations=foundLocations) + importedLocations = importLocation(foundLocations=updatedLocations, importedLocations=importedLocations) + + return updatedLocations, importedLocations + +def createLocationsInFrenchText(importedLocations, testData): + text = open(testData, "r").read() + foundLocations = parser.getLocationsFrench(text) + updatedLocations = addWikiInfo(foundLocations=foundLocations) + importedLocations = importLocation(foundLocations=updatedLocations, importedLocations=importedLocations) + + return updatedLocations, importedLocations + + +def createLocationsInItalianText(importedLocations, testData): + text = open(testData, "r").read() + foundLocations = parser.getLocationsItalian(text) + updatedLocations = addWikiInfo(foundLocations=foundLocations) + importedLocations = importLocation(foundLocations=updatedLocations, importedLocations=importedLocations) + + return updatedLocations, importedLocations \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/download_models.py b/geoEntityRecognition/download_models.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ffeea61 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/download_models.py @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +import os + +# Download Spacy pretrained models +if __name__ == '__main__': + # download pretrained model for English language + os.system('python3 -m spacy download en_core_web_sm') + + # download pretrained model for German language + os.system('python3 -m spacy download de_core_news_sm') + + # download pretrained model for french language + os.system('python3 -m spacy download fr_core_news_sm') + + # download pretrained model for italian language + os.system('python3 -m spacy download it_core_news_sm') + + # download pretrained modelf for mult language + os.system('python3 -m spacy download xx_ent_wiki_sm') diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/extractLocationFromText.py b/geoEntityRecognition/extractLocationFromText.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e4f6af --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/extractLocationFromText.py @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +import spacy +import os +from geoEntity import GeoEntity + +class ExtractLocationFromText: + def __init__(self): + self.locationLabels = ['GPE', 'LOC', 'FAC', 'ORG'] + + def extractLocationEntities(self, entities, lang): + foundLocations = [] + geoEntities = list(filter(lambda ent: ent.label_ in self.locationLabels, entities)) + + for ent in geoEntities: + entity = GeoEntity(ent.text, ent.label_, ent.start_char, ent.end_char, lang) + foundLocations.append(entity) + + return foundLocations + + def getLocationsEnglish(self, text): + # load pretrained english model + englishModel = spacy.load("en_core_web_sm") + + # extrac geo entities + doc = englishModel(text) + return self.extractLocationEntities(doc.ents, 'en') + + def getLocationsGerman(self, text): + # load pretrained german model + germanhModel = spacy.load("de_core_news_sm") + + # extrac geo entities + doc = germanhModel(text) + return self.extractLocationEntities(doc.ents, 'de') + + def getLocationsFrench(self, text): + # load pretrained french model + frenchhModel = spacy.load("fr_core_news_sm") + + # extrac geo entities + doc = frenchhModel(text) + return self.extractLocationEntities(doc.ents, 'fr') + + def getLocationsItalian(self, text): + # load pretrained italian model + italianModel = spacy.load("it_core_news_sm") + + # extrac geo entities + doc = italianModel(text) + return self.extractLocationEntities(doc.ents, 'it') + + +def pretty_print(locations): + return '\n'.join([str(d) for d in locations]) + +if __name__ == '__main__': + testDataPath = "test_data/" + parser = ExtractLocationFromText() + englishTestData = os.path.join(testDataPath, "en_magellan_voyage.txt") + englishText = open(englishTestData, "r").read() + foundLocations = parser.getLocationsEnglish(englishText) + print(f"---English---\nLocations found: {len(foundLocations)}\nResults:\n{pretty_print(foundLocations)}\n\n") + + germanTestData = os.path.join(testDataPath, "de_mozartItalienReise.txt") + germanText = open(germanTestData, "r").read() + foundLocations = parser.getLocationsGerman(germanText) + print(f"---German---\nLocations found: {len(foundLocations)}\nResults:\n{pretty_print(foundLocations)}\n\n") + + frenchTestData = os.path.join(testDataPath, "fr_paris_a_Jerusalem.txt") + frenchText = open(frenchTestData, "r").read() + foundLocations = parser.getLocationsFrench(frenchText) + print(f"---French---\nLocations found: {len(foundLocations)}\nResults:\n{pretty_print(foundLocations)}\n\n") + + italianTestData = os.path.join(testDataPath, "it_marcOPollo.txt") + italianText = open(italianTestData, "r").read() + foundLocations = parser.getLocationsItalian(italianText) + print(f"---Italian---\nLocations found: {len(foundLocations)}\nResults:\n{pretty_print(foundLocations)}\n\n") \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/geoEntity.py b/geoEntityRecognition/geoEntity.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..960c808 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/geoEntity.py @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +class GeoEntity: + def __init__(self, text, label, startChar=None, endChar=None, lang="en", lon=None, lat=None): + self.label = label # e.g., GPE for geo-political entities + self.text = text # name of the location + self.startChar = startChar + self.endChar = endChar + self.language = lang + self.geoNameID = "" + self.wikiID = "" + self.longitude = lon + self.latitude = lat \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/getIdentifier.py b/geoEntityRecognition/getIdentifier.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c554226 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/getIdentifier.py @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +from qwikidata.sparql import return_sparql_query_results +import warnings +import time + +def getPostition(coordinate): + longitude, latitude = coordinate.split(" ") + return longitude.strip('Point('), latitude.strip(')') + +def getWikiRecord(name, lang): + + sparql_statement = """ + select ?wikiItem ?geonameID ?coordinate + where {""" +\ + '?wikiItem rdfs:label "' + name + '"@' + lang + "; " +\ + """wdt:P1566 ?geonameID;\n + wdt:P625 ?coordinate + } + """ + + # print(sparql_statement) + + res = return_sparql_query_results(sparql_statement) + results = res["results"]["bindings"] + wikiId = "" + geonameID = "" + longitude = "" + lattitude = "" + if (len(results)==0) : + # warnings.warn("No records found for location " + name + " in language " + lang + ".") + pass + else : + record = results[0] + # if(len(results)>1): + # warnings.warn("Multiple records found for location " + name + "in language" + lang + ". Top one is chosen.") + wikiId = record['wikiItem']['value'] + geonameID = record['geonameID']['value'] + coordinate = record['coordinate']['value'] + longitude, lattitude = getPostition(coordinate) + + return wikiId, geonameID, longitude, lattitude + + +def addWikiInfo(foundLocations): + counter = 0 + for loc in foundLocations: + # print(counter) + loc.wikiID, loc.geoNameID, loc.longitude, loc.latitude = getWikiRecord(loc.text, loc.language) + if (counter == 8): + time.sleep(90) + counter = 0 + else: + counter += 1 + # print(loc.__dict__) + return foundLocations + +if __name__ == '__main__': + print(getWikiRecord("Berlin", "de")) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/importLocations.py b/geoEntityRecognition/importLocations.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..46cf62f --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/importLocations.py @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +import requests +import json + +ontoName = "geo" + +def createNewResourceForLocation(loc, importedLocations): + url = "http://localhost:3333/v2/resources" + payload = {} + payload["@id"] = "http://rdfh.ch/0001/" + loc.geoNameID + payload["@type"] = ontoName + ":Location" + payload["knora-api:attachedToProject"] = {"@id": "http://rdfh.ch/projects/0001"} + payload[ontoName + ":hasName"] = { + "@type": "knora-api:TextValue", + "knora-api:valueAsString": loc.text, + "knora-api:valueHasLanguage": loc.language, + "knora-api:creationDate": { + "@type": "xsd:dateTimeStamp", + "@value": "2020-01-21T12:58:54.502951Z" + } + } + payload[ontoName + ":hasGeoNameID"] = { + "@type": "knora-api:GeonameValue", + "knora-api:geonameValueAsGeonameCode": loc.geoNameID, + "knora-api:creationDate": { + "@type": "xsd:dateTimeStamp", + "@value": "2020-01-21T12:58:54.502951Z" + } + + } + payload[ontoName + ":hasWikiLink"] = {"@type": "knora-api:UriValue", + "knora-api:uriValueAsUri": {"@type": "xsd:anyURI", "@value": loc.wikiID}, + "knora-api:creationDate": { + "@type": "xsd:dateTimeStamp", + "@value": "2020-01-21T12:58:54.502951Z" + } + } + payload["rdfs:label"] = loc.text + payload["knora-api:creationDate"] = { + "@type": "xsd:dateTimeStamp", + "@value": "2020-01-21T12:58:54.502951Z" + } + payload["@context"] = { + "rdf": "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#", + "knora-api": "http://api.knora.org/ontology/knora-api/v2#", + "rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#", + "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#", + "geo": "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/geo/v2#" + } + json_object = json.dumps(payload, indent=4) + headers = { + 'authorization': "Basic cm9vdEBleGFtcGxlLmNvbTp0ZXN0", + 'cache-control': "no-cache", + 'postman-token': "19f719be-45ed-fa95-487d-e5510794e9b2" + } + response = requests.request("POST", url, data=json_object, headers=headers) + if response.ok: + importedLocations[loc.geoNameID] = [loc.language] + print("Location" + loc.text + "stored!") + else : + print (response.content) + return importedLocations + +def createNewNameValue(loc, importedLocations): + url = "http://localhost:3333/v2/values" + payload = {} + payload["@id"] = "http://rdfh.ch/0001/" + loc.geoNameID + payload["@type"] = ontoName + ":Location" + payload[ontoName + ":hasName"] = { + "@type": "knora-api:TextValue", + "knora-api:valueAsString": loc.text, + "knora-api:valueHasLanguage": loc.language, + "knora-api:creationDate": { + "@type": "xsd:dateTimeStamp", + "@value": "2020-01-21T12:58:54.502951Z" + } + } + payload["@context"] = { + "rdf": "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#", + "knora-api": "http://api.knora.org/ontology/knora-api/v2#", + "rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#", + "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#", + "geo": "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/geo/v2#" + } + + + json_object = json.dumps(payload, indent=4) + headers = { + 'authorization': "Basic cm9vdEBleGFtcGxlLmNvbTp0ZXN0", + 'cache-control': "no-cache", + 'postman-token': "19f719be-45ed-fa95-487d-e5510794e9b2" + } + response = requests.request("POST", url, data=json_object, headers=headers) + if response.ok: + importedLocations[loc.geoNameID].append(loc.language) + print("Location" + loc.text + "stored!") + return importedLocations + +def importLocation(foundLocations, importedLocations): + + for loc in foundLocations: + + if loc.geoNameID: + if loc.geoNameID not in importedLocations.keys(): + createNewResourceForLocation(loc, importedLocations) + else : + if loc.language not in importedLocations[loc.geoNameID]: + createNewNameValue(loc, importedLocations) + return importedLocations + diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/main.py b/geoEntityRecognition/main.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53e6206 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/main.py @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +from createLocationResources import * +from createDocumentResources import createDocumentResource +import os +import time +importedLocations = {} + +if __name__ == '__main__': + testDataPath = "test_data/" + + testFile = "en_swiss.txt" + testData = os.path.join(testDataPath, testFile) + foundLocations, importedLocations = createLocationsInEnglishText(importedLocations, testData) + createDocumentResource(testData, foundLocations, 'wiki_swiss_en', 'xmlEnglish.xml') + print("Locations in English text imported") + time.sleep(90) + testFile = "de_swiss.txt" + testData = os.path.join(testDataPath, testFile) + foundLocations, importedLocations = createLocationsInGermanText(importedLocations, testData) + createDocumentResource(testData, foundLocations, 'wiki_swiss_de', 'xmlDeutsch.xml') + print("Locations in German text imported") + diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/demo.html b/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/demo.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1e79e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/demo.html @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ + + + +

The Tales of Magellan

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The fleet left Spain on 20 September 1519, sailing west across the Atlantic toward South America.

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In December, they made landfall at Rio de Janeiro.

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From there, they sailed south along the coast, searching for a way through or around the continent.

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After three months of searching (including a false start in the estuary of Río de la Plata), weather conditions forced the fleet to stop their search to wait out the winter.

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They found a sheltered natural harbor at the port of Saint Julian, and remained there for five months.

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Shortly after landing at St. Julian, there was a mutiny attempt led by the Spanish captains Juan de Cartagena, Gaspar de Quesada and Luis de Mendoza.

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Magellan barely managed to quell the mutiny, despite at one point losing control of three of his five ships to the mutineers.

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Mendoza was killed during the conflict, and Magellan sentenced Quesada and Cartagena to being beheaded and marooned, respectively.

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Lower-level conspirators were made to do hard labor in chains over the winter, but later freed.

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During the winter, one of the fleet's ships, the Santiago, was lost in a storm while surveying nearby waters, though no men were killed.

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Following the winter, the fleet resumed their search for a passage to the Pacific in October 1520.

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Three days later, they found a bay which eventually led them to a strait, now known as the Strait of Magellan, which allowed them passage through to the Pacific. While exploring the strait, one of the remaining four ships, the San Antonio, deserted the fleet, returning east to Spain.

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The fleet reached the Pacific by the end of November 1520. Based on the incomplete understanding of world geography at the time, Magellan expected a short journey to Asia, perhaps taking as little as three or four days. In fact, the Pacific crossing took three months and twenty days.

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The long journey exhausted their supply of food and water, and around 30 men died, mostly of scurvy. Magellan himself remained healthy, perhaps because of his personal supply of preserved quince.

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On 6 March 1521, the exhausted fleet made landfall at the island of Guam and were met by native Chamorro people who came aboard the ships and took items such as rigging, knives, and a ship's boat.

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The Chamorro people may have thought they were participating in a trade exchange (as they had already given the fleet some supplies), but the crew interpreted their actions as theft.

+

Magellan sent a raiding party ashore to retaliate, killing several Chamorro men, burning their houses, and recovering the 'stolen' goods.

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On 16 March, the fleet reached the Philippines, where they would remain for a month and a half. Magellan befriended local leaders on the island of Limasawa, and on 31 March, held the first Mass in the Philippines, planting a cross on the island's highest hill.

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Magellan set about converting the locals to Christianity. Most accepted the new religion readily, but the island of Mactan resisted.

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On 27 April, Magellan and members of his crew attempted to subdue the Mactan natives by force, but in the ensuing battle, the Europeans were overpowered and Magellan was killed.

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Following his death, Magellan was initially succeeded by co-commanders Juan Serrano and Duarte Barbosa (with a series of other officers later leading).

+

The fleet left the Philippines (following a bloody betrayal by former ally Rajah Humabon) and eventually made their way to the Moluccas in November 1521.

+

Laden with spices, they attempted to set sail for Spain in December, but found that only one of their remaining two ships, the Victoria, was seaworthy.

+

The Victoria, captained by Juan Sebastián Elcano, finally returned to Spain by 6 September 1522, completing the circumnavigation. Of the 270 men who left with the expedition, only 18 or 19 survivors returned.

+ + diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/en_magellan_voyage.html b/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/en_magellan_voyage.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..871f628 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/en_magellan_voyage.html @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ + + + + +

The fleet left Spain on 20 September 1519, sailing west across the Atlantic toward South America. +In December, they made landfall at Rio de Janeiro. +From there, they sailed south along the coast, searching for a way through or around the continent. +After three months of searching (including a false start in the estuary of Río de la Plata), weather conditions forced the fleet to stop their search to wait out the winter. +They found a sheltered natural harbor at the port of Saint Julian, and remained there for five months. +Shortly after landing at St. Julian, there was a mutiny attempt led by the Spanish captains Juan de Cartagena, Gaspar de Quesada and Luis de Mendoza. +Magellan barely managed to quell the mutiny, despite at one point losing control of three of his five ships to the mutineers. +Mendoza was killed during the conflict, and Magellan sentenced Quesada and Cartagena to being beheaded and marooned, respectively. +Lower-level conspirators were made to do hard labor in chains over the winter, but later freed. + +During the winter, one of the fleet's ships, the Santiago, was lost in a storm while surveying nearby waters, though no men were killed. +Following the winter, the fleet resumed their search for a passage to the Pacific in October 1520. +Three days later, they found a bay which eventually led them to a strait, now known as the Strait of Magellan, which allowed them passage through to the Pacific. While exploring the strait, one of the remaining four ships, the San Antonio, deserted the fleet, returning east to Spain. +The fleet reached the Pacific by the end of November 1520. Based on the incomplete understanding of world geography at the time, Magellan expected a short journey to Asia, perhaps taking as little as three or four days. In fact, the Pacific crossing took three months and twenty days. +The long journey exhausted their supply of food and water, and around 30 men died, mostly of scurvy. Magellan himself remained healthy, perhaps because of his personal supply of preserved quince. + +On 6 March 1521, the exhausted fleet made landfall at the island of Guam and were met by native Chamorro people who came aboard the ships and took items such as rigging, knives, and a ship's boat. +The Chamorro people may have thought they were participating in a trade exchange (as they had already given the fleet some supplies), but the crew interpreted their actions as theft. +Magellan sent a raiding party ashore to retaliate, killing several Chamorro men, burning their houses, and recovering the 'stolen' goods. +On 16 March, the fleet reached the Philippines, where they would remain for a month and a half. Magellan befriended local leaders on the island of Limasawa, and on 31 March, held the first Mass in the Philippines, planting a cross on the island's highest hill. +Magellan set about converting the locals to Christianity. Most accepted the new religion readily, but the island of Mactan resisted. +On 27 April, Magellan and members of his crew attempted to subdue the Mactan natives by force, but in the ensuing battle, the Europeans were overpowered and Magellan was killed. + +Following his death, Magellan was initially succeeded by co-commanders Juan Serrano and Duarte Barbosa (with a series of other officers later leading). +The fleet left the Philippines (following a bloody betrayal by former ally Rajah Humabon) and eventually made their way to the Moluccas in November 1521. +Laden with spices, they attempted to set sail for Spain in December, but found that only one of their remaining two ships, the Victoria, was seaworthy. +The Victoria, captained by Juan Sebastián Elcano, finally returned to Spain by 6 September 1522, completing the circumnavigation. Of the 270 men who left with the expedition, only 18 or 19 survivors returned. +

+ + diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/fr_paris_a_Jerusalem.html b/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/fr_paris_a_Jerusalem.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec122e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/output_html/fr_paris_a_Jerusalem.html @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ + + + + +

En juillet 1806, Chateaubriand part pour un voyage aux sources de l’Antiquité d’abord, puis de la chrétienté ensuite. +Le « pèlerinage » de celui qui se présentait comme un « nouveau croisé » devait être un voyage éclair, répondant à un projet éditorial précis : retrouver les paysages qu’il avait déjà décrits dans Les Martyrs, et publier un récit de voyage en terre sainte. +Décidé à être de retour à Paris avant la fin de l’année pour écrire son livre au printemps, l'auteur ne fit que de brèves étapes dans les hauts-lieux qu’il aspirait à visiter. +En 105 jours de voyage, il traversa l’Italie, la Grèce, la Turquie, la Palestine et l’Egypte, avant de devoir patienter 128 jours pour trouver un bateau capable de le conduire à Algésiras, et de là en France. +Si le récit de voyage était alors à la mode, Chateaubriand visait plus loin que de raconter de simples péripéties ou que de décrire des paysages pittoresques. +Son récit, tenu au jour le jour puis extrêmement retravaillé, aborde de nombreux thèmes, de la poétique des ruines à la religion, en passant par la confrontation entre différentes sensibilités esthétiques, le beau « grec » et le beau « arabe », incarnés par des monuments tels que l’Acropole ou les palais de l’Alhambra. +

+ + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/parse_tei.py b/geoEntityRecognition/parse_tei.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..040625d --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/parse_tei.py @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +from geoEntity import GeoEntity +from lxml import etree as et +import re +from getIdentifier import addWikiInfo + +def parse_locations_from_tei(filepath): + # Reads the file + root = et.parse(filepath).getroot() + # et.dump(root) + + # String snippet for specify TEI tags in XML + tei_string = re.search("{.*}", root.tag) + tei_string = tei_string.group() if tei_string else "" + + # Extracts list of matches for tag. + places = list(root.iterfind(f".//{tei_string}place")) + + foundLocations = [] + for place in places: + # Find the place of the name (GeoEntity.text property) + placeName = place.find(f"{tei_string}placeName") + placeName = placeName.text if placeName is not None else '' + + # # Optionally adds region and country if that information is available + # regionName = place.find(f".//{tei_string}region") + # countryName = place.find(f".//{tei_string}country") + # placeName = f"{placeName.text if placeName is not None else ''}{', ' + regionName.text if regionName is not None else ''}{', ' + countryName.text if countryName is not None else ''}" + + # Leaving GPE as the defulat label type for now + label = "GPE" + + # Coordinates are stored as space-separated string of the form lat long + placeCoords = place.find(f".//{tei_string}geo").text.split() if place.find(f".//{tei_string}geo") is not None else "" + lat = placeCoords[0] if placeCoords else None + lon = placeCoords[1] if placeCoords else None + + # Creating and appending new GeoEntity for each location found + entity = GeoEntity(text=placeName, label=label, lang="en", lat=lat, lon=lon) + foundLocations.append(entity) + + # foundLocations = addWikiInfo(foundLocations) + + return foundLocations + +if __name__ == "__main__": + foundLocations = parse_locations_from_tei('test_data/cities_example.xml') + for loc in foundLocations: + print(f"{vars(loc)}\n") + diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/requirements.txt b/geoEntityRecognition/requirements.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b0d1ac --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/requirements.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +pip install -U pip setuptools wheel +pip install -U spacy +pip install qwikidata \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/cities_example.xml b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/cities_example.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..17a326e --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/cities_example.xml @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ + + + + + + + + Atlanta + + Georgia + United States of America + 33.755 -84.39 + + + + + Birmingham + + Alabama + United States of America + 33.653333 -86.808889 + + + + + + + + +

Moreover, I am + congnizant + cognizant + of the interrelatedness of all communities and + states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens + in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We + are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment + of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. Never + again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial outside agitator + idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered + an outsider anywhere in this country.

+ + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/de_mozartItalienReise.txt b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/de_mozartItalienReise.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e3312c --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/de_mozartItalienReise.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Nach der Rückkehr folgten erste Uraufführungen in Salzburg, darunter auch die Schuloper Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, die der elfjährige Mozart zusammen mit den wesentlich älteren Salzburger Hofmusikern Anton Cajetan Adlgasser und Michael Haydn komponiert hatte. Im September folgte eine zweite Reise mit der Familie nach Wien. Um der grassierenden Pockenepidemie zu entgehen, fuhren sie nach Brünn und Olmütz. Die Krankheit erreichte aber Wolfgang und seine Schwester auch dort und hinterließ (laut mehreren Biografien) Narben in Wolfgangs Gesicht. Nach der Genesung der Kinder kehrte Mozart am 10. Jänner 1768 nach Wien zurück, wo er das Singspiel Bastien und Bastienne (KV 50), die Waisenhausmesse (KV 139) sowie die Opera buffa La finta semplice (KV 51) fertigstellte. Obwohl vom deutschen Kaiser Franz I. bestellt, konnte die letztere nicht aufgeführt werden; Grund waren Intrigen der sogenannten „italienischen Partei“ um den Hofintendanten Giuseppe Affligio. + +Zwischen 1767 und 1769 hielt sich Mozart wiederholt im Benediktinerkloster Seeon auf. Noch 1771 wurden von ihm dort Offertorien aufgeführt. Mozart schrieb speziell für das Kloster Seeon zwei Offertorien: Scande coeli limina (KV 34; 1769) und Inter natos mulierum (KV 72; 1771). Die sogenannte „Mozarteiche“, unter der er der Überlieferung nach gerne gesessen haben soll, wächst bis heute am Seeoner See. + +Nach 15 Monaten in Wien kehrte Mozart mit seiner Familie am 5. Jänner 1769 nach Salzburg zurück. Hier wurde La finta semplice am 1. Mai endlich aufgeführt, und hier erlebte er am 27. Oktober mit der Berufung zum Dritten Konzertmeister der Salzburger Hofkapelle die erste, wenn auch unbesoldete Anstellung. + + +Mozart (am Klavier) musiziert mit dem gleichaltrigen Thomas Linley junior (Violine). Florenz 1770 + +Mozarts erste Italienreise (eingezeichnet sind die heutigen Grenzen): +Schwarz: Reiseroute Salzburg – Neapel +Blau: Abweichungen auf der Rückroute +Knapp drei Wochen später, am 13. Dezember 1769, brach Mozart mit seinem Vater zu seiner ersten von drei außerordentlich erfolgreichen Italienreisen auf, die – mit Unterbrechungen von März bis August 1771 und Dezember 1771 bis Oktober 1772 – fast dreieinhalb Jahre dauerte. + +Die erste Reise führte sie nach Verona, Mailand, Bologna, Florenz, Rom, Neapel, Turin, Venedig, Padua, Vicenza, Innsbruck und zurück nach Salzburg. Hier erholte sich Mozart bis zum Herbst, um danach zu einem längeren (dritten) Aufenthalt in Mailand zu starten. Von Papst Clemens XIV. wurde er 1770 in Rom zum Ritter vom Goldenen Sporn ernannt, doch machte er im Gegensatz zu Gluck von dem Privileg, sich „Ritter“ zu nennen, nie Gebrauch. In Rom gelang ihm, nachdem er nur ein- oder zweimal dem neunstimmigen Miserere von Gregorio Allegri zugehört hatte, das Grundgerüst dieser vom Vatikan streng geheim gehaltenen Partitur aus dem Gedächtnis fehlerfrei niederzuschreiben. Nicht klar ist, inwieweit die Sänger Stimmen improvisierend koloriert haben und ob Mozart das aufschreiben konnte. Das Original dieser Transkription ist nicht überliefert und jüngere Untersuchungen geben durchaus nachvollziehbare Erklärungen für diese scheinbar unerklärliche Leistung. Erleichtert wurde die Niederschrift etwa durch die Wiederholungsstruktur des Stücks. + +Bei Padre Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna studierte Mozart Kontrapunkt. Nach einer Klausur wurde er in die Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna aufgenommen. Dort begegnete er so bedeutenden Musikern wie Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Niccolò Piccinni, Pietro Nardini und Giovanni Paisiello. Am 26. Dezember 1770 erlebte er die Uraufführung seiner Opera seria Mitridate, re di Ponto (KV 87) in Mailand, deren Publikumserfolg zu zwei weiteren Aufträgen führte: der Serenata teatrale Ascanio in Alba (KV 111, Uraufführung in Mailand am 17. Oktober 1771) sowie dem Dramma per musica Lucio Silla (KV 135), Uraufführung in Mailand in der Saison 1772/73. Am 15. Dezember 1771 kehrten Vater und Sohn nach Salzburg zurück, nachdem sich Hoffnungen auf eine Anstellung in Italien nicht erfüllt hatten. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/de_swiss.txt b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/de_swiss.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f4a9419 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/de_swiss.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +In der Schweiz leben 8,6 Millionen Menschen. Die acht grössten Städte bzw. Wirtschaftszentren sind Zürich, Genf, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Winterthur, Luzern und St. Gallen. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/en_magellan_voyage.txt b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/en_magellan_voyage.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1322d93 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/en_magellan_voyage.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +The fleet left Spain on 20 September 1519, sailing west across the Atlantic toward South America. +In December, they made landfall at Rio de Janeiro. +From there, they sailed south along the coast, searching for a way through or around the continent. +After three months of searching (including a false start in the estuary of Río de la Plata), weather conditions forced the fleet to stop their search to wait out the winter. +They found a sheltered natural harbor at the port of Saint Julian, and remained there for five months. +Shortly after landing at St. Julian, there was a mutiny attempt led by the Spanish captains Juan de Cartagena, Gaspar de Quesada and Luis de Mendoza. +Magellan barely managed to quell the mutiny, despite at one point losing control of three of his five ships to the mutineers. +Mendoza was killed during the conflict, and Magellan sentenced Quesada and Cartagena to being beheaded and marooned, respectively. +Lower-level conspirators were made to do hard labor in chains over the winter, but later freed. + +During the winter, one of the fleet's ships, the Santiago, was lost in a storm while surveying nearby waters, though no men were killed. +Following the winter, the fleet resumed their search for a passage to the Pacific in October 1520. +Three days later, they found a bay which eventually led them to a strait, now known as the Strait of Magellan, which allowed them passage through to the Pacific. While exploring the strait, one of the remaining four ships, the San Antonio, deserted the fleet, returning east to Spain. +The fleet reached the Pacific by the end of November 1520. Based on the incomplete understanding of world geography at the time, Magellan expected a short journey to Asia, perhaps taking as little as three or four days. In fact, the Pacific crossing took three months and twenty days. +The long journey exhausted their supply of food and water, and around 30 men died, mostly of scurvy. Magellan himself remained healthy, perhaps because of his personal supply of preserved quince. + +On 6 March 1521, the exhausted fleet made landfall at the island of Guam and were met by native Chamorro people who came aboard the ships and took items such as rigging, knives, and a ship's boat. +The Chamorro people may have thought they were participating in a trade exchange (as they had already given the fleet some supplies), but the crew interpreted their actions as theft. +Magellan sent a raiding party ashore to retaliate, killing several Chamorro men, burning their houses, and recovering the 'stolen' goods. +On 16 March, the fleet reached the Philippines, where they would remain for a month and a half. Magellan befriended local leaders on the island of Limasawa, and on 31 March, held the first Mass in the Philippines, planting a cross on the island's highest hill. +Magellan set about converting the locals to Christianity. Most accepted the new religion readily, but the island of Mactan resisted. +On 27 April, Magellan and members of his crew attempted to subdue the Mactan natives by force, but in the ensuing battle, the Europeans were overpowered and Magellan was killed. + +Following his death, Magellan was initially succeeded by co-commanders Juan Serrano and Duarte Barbosa (with a series of other officers later leading). +The fleet left the Philippines (following a bloody betrayal by former ally Rajah Humabon) and eventually made their way to the Moluccas in November 1521. +Laden with spices, they attempted to set sail for Spain in December, but found that only one of their remaining two ships, the Victoria, was seaworthy. +The Victoria, captained by Juan Sebastián Elcano, finally returned to Spain by 6 September 1522, completing the circumnavigation. Of the 270 men who left with the expedition, only 18 or 19 survivors returned. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/en_swiss.txt b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/en_swiss.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15f3cae --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/en_swiss.txt @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Over 100 Allied bombers and their crews were interned during the war. Between 1940 and 1945, Switzerland was bombed by the Allies causing fatalities and property damage. Among the cities and towns bombed were Basel, Brusio, Chiasso, Cornol, Koblenz, +Stein am Rhein, Thayngen, Zurich, Geneva, among others. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/fr_paris_a_Jerusalem.txt b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/fr_paris_a_Jerusalem.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..95a410e --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/fr_paris_a_Jerusalem.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +En juillet 1806, Chateaubriand part pour un voyage aux sources de l’Antiquité d’abord, puis de la chrétienté ensuite. +Le « pèlerinage » de celui qui se présentait comme un « nouveau croisé » devait être un voyage éclair, répondant à un projet éditorial précis : retrouver les paysages qu’il avait déjà décrits dans Les Martyrs, et publier un récit de voyage en terre sainte. +Décidé à être de retour à Paris avant la fin de l’année pour écrire son livre au printemps, l'auteur ne fit que de brèves étapes dans les hauts-lieux qu’il aspirait à visiter. +En 105 jours de voyage, il traversa l’Italie, la Grèce, la Turquie, la Palestine et l’Egypte, avant de devoir patienter 128 jours pour trouver un bateau capable de le conduire à Algésiras, et de là en France. +Si le récit de voyage était alors à la mode, Chateaubriand visait plus loin que de raconter de simples péripéties ou que de décrire des paysages pittoresques. +Son récit, tenu au jour le jour puis extrêmement retravaillé, aborde de nombreux thèmes, de la poétique des ruines à la religion, en passant par la confrontation entre différentes sensibilités esthétiques, le beau « grec » et le beau « arabe », incarnés par des monuments tels que l’Acropole ou les palais de l’Alhambra. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/it_marcOPollo.txt b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/it_marcOPollo.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f8573e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/test_data/it_marcOPollo.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Il libro presenta le terre d'Oriente, descrivendo implicitamente l'itinerario seguito dai tre mercanti-ambasciatori. Questi stavano percorrendo quella che solo secoli dopo sarà chiamata la Via della seta. + +In primo luogo Marco cita l'Erminia (Armenia), poi la Turcomannia (Turchia), il Georgiens (Georgia) e la città di Mosul in Iraq. Racconta quindi del saccheggio della città di Baudac (Baghdad), e poi descrive la città di Toris (Tabriz) sempre in Iraq. + +Descrive quindi la Persia con la città di Iadis (Yazd) e il reame di Creman (Kerman), la città di Camandi (Qamādin), il piano di Formosa e il mare Oziano (stretto di Hormuz) con il porto di Ormuz. + +Il racconto non spiega come mai una volta arrivati a Ormuz, i tre non abbiano continuato il percorso via mare. La descrizione prosegue invece con il deserto del Gob per giungere poi nel Khorasan. +In questa regione Marco viene a conoscenza della setta islamica degli "ismailiyyah" seguaci di Ḥasan-i Ṣabbāḥ, che Marco chiama il Veglio della Montagna. + +Nell'odierno Afghanistan, Marco descrive la città di Supunga, identificata come l'attuale Sheberghan, poi Tahican, forse l'attuale Taluqan, poi Balkh e il "Balasciam" (Badakhshan). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/writeElement.py b/geoEntityRecognition/writeElement.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..edf5b89 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/writeElement.py @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +import os +from lxml import etree as et +import codecs + + +def writeToHTML(text, foundLocations, outputFile): + htmlFile = os.path.join('results', outputFile+'.html') + root = et.Element("html") + head = et.SubElement(root, "head") + body = et.SubElement(root, "body") + title = et.SubElement(body, "h1") + title.text = outputFile + + first_index = 0 + html_body = "

" + for loc in foundLocations: + html_body += text[first_index:loc.startChar] + if loc.wikiID: + html_body += '' + loc.text + "" + else : + html_body += '' + loc.text + '' + + first_index = loc.endChar + + lastLocation = foundLocations[-1].endChar + html_body += text[lastLocation:] + "

" + body.append(et.fromstring(html_body)) + # Writing the HTML to disk + with open(htmlFile, "wb") as f: + f.write(et.tostring(root, pretty_print=True)) + +def writeToXMLForImport(text, foundLocations, outputFile): + root = et.Element('text') + paragraph = et.SubElement(root, 'p') + paragraph.text = "" + first_index = 0 + for loc in foundLocations: + paragraph.text += text[first_index:loc.startChar] + if loc.geoNameID: + paragraph.text += '' + loc.text + "" + else: + paragraph.text += loc.text + first_index = loc.endChar + + lastLocation = foundLocations[-1].endChar + paragraph.text += text[lastLocation:] + file = codecs.open(outputFile, 'w', 'utf-8') + file.write('\n') + file.write(et.tostring(root, pretty_print=True, encoding='unicode')) + file.close() + return et.tostring(root, pretty_print=True, encoding='unicode') \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/xml_parsing/FolgerDigitalTexts_TEISimple_Complete.zip b/geoEntityRecognition/xml_parsing/FolgerDigitalTexts_TEISimple_Complete.zip new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15343f9 Binary files /dev/null and b/geoEntityRecognition/xml_parsing/FolgerDigitalTexts_TEISimple_Complete.zip differ diff --git a/geoEntityRecognition/xml_parsing/antony-and-cleopatra_TEIsimple_FolgerShakespeare.xml b/geoEntityRecognition/xml_parsing/antony-and-cleopatra_TEIsimple_FolgerShakespeare.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8bcbf61 --- /dev/null +++ b/geoEntityRecognition/xml_parsing/antony-and-cleopatra_TEIsimple_FolgerShakespeare.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66384 @@ + + + + + + Antony and Cleopatra + William Shakespeare + Barbara A. Mowat + Paul Werstine + + Encoded in TEI Simple by + Martin Mueller + Michael Poston + + + Linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner by + Philip R. Burns + Martin Mueller + + + + An early release. Some encoding choices remain to be refined or extended. + + + The Folger Shakespeare (formerly Folger Digital Texts) + Ant +
+ https://shakespeare.folger.edu/ +
+ + Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License + + February, 2017 + + + + + Antony and Cleopatra + William Shakespeare + Barbara A. Mowat + Paul Werstine + + Edited for XML and encoded by + Michael Poston + Rebecca Niles + + + + An early release. Some encoding choices remain to be refined or extended. + + + Folger Shakespeare Library + Ant +
+ 201 East Capitol Street, SE + Washington, DC 20003 + https://shakespeare.folger.edu/ + folgertexts@folger.edu +
+ + Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License + + April, 2015 + + + + + + +

This version of The Folger Shakespeare (formerly Folger Digital Texts) encodes the edition of each play by Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine in TEI Simple. The major goal of recasting the texts in this manner is to make them interoperable with a large corpus of early modern texts derived from the EEBO-TCP transcriptionss and encoded in TEI Simple with linguistic annotation.

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For a full description of the encoding practices of The Folger Shakespeare consult their encodingDesc section. This version is completely faithful to the readings, orthogrgraphy, and punctuation of the source text. It uses a different XML encoding scheme, with occasional losses in expressiveness. The major differences are: + Number div are replaced by unnumbered divsLines of verse are marked in l, tags, lines of prose in abAll xml:ids are corpuswide identifiersInformation from the participant description element particDesc in the teiHeader has been moved into a castList element in the front elementEach spoken word in the text has been linguistically annotated with a lemma and POS tag +

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Words, spaces, and punctuation characters are numbered sequentially, incremented by 10.

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Most other elements begin with an element-specific prefix, followed by a reference to the Folger Through Line Number, a sequential numbering of the numbered lines in the text. If an element is inline with play text, it has the same line number as the line where it begins. If it begins on a line following play text, a decimal number is appended and incremented as necessary. If it falls between a speech prefix and the play text, a ".0" is appended to the value of the following line number.

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In addition, most elements are assigned a unique identifier. This facilitates our use of stand-off markup and provides the means for future works to point very specifically to words, lines, speeches, and arbitrary sections of the text.

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Please note this project offers only the encoded text and textual notes (textual notes are forthcoming). For the explanatory notes, glosses, and illustrations, refer to the print edition and/or Adobe Digital Edition published by Simon & Schuster.

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This XML document may include corrections and revisions made by the original Folger Edition editors. Where the text deviates from prior publications, the earlier readings are noted within critical apparatus entry tags.

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Quotation marks (single and double quotes) are replaced with the q element, except when the quoted text refers to a name or title, in which case the name or title element is used. Apostrophes, as distinct from single quotes, are not tagged and are retained as-is within the text.

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Hyphenation is generally retained. Hyphenated words are considered to be a single word, enclosed within a single word tag (w).

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For all end-of-line hyphenation, the word fragments are rejoined into a single w tag. Often, the word is placed on the line where the word begins. When this would affect lineation (e.g., when the second word fragment is the only element on its line), the word is moved to the next line.

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Soft end-of-line hyphens (i.e., those added only because of the line break) are silently removed. Editors Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine determine whether the hyphen should be retained.

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Acts are enclosed in div1 tags. Scenes are enclosed in div2 tags. Prologues, epilogues, inductions, and choruses are tagged using either div1 or div2, whichever is most appropriate.

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Page breaks from the print edition are included in pb tags. Line breaks are enclosed in lb tags. The edRef attribute is used to identify line breaks that differ between editions.

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Speeches are enclosed in sp tags. Speech tags usually contain a speech prefix (in the speaker tag), and an anonymous block (ab) containing the text of the speech.

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Stage Directions are enclosed within stage tags. They may occur within or between speeches. Where appropriate, who attributes specify who participates in the stage direction.

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Poems, songs, and letters are enclosed in seg tags, with the type attribute specifying the type. Segments split between speeches are linked through next and prev attributes. Some songs are prefaced with a header like "The Song", which is enclosed in a label tag.

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Specifying who participates in a stage direction can be an interesting challenge, especially for ambiguous and permissive stage directions. We have created a new character referencing system to deal with the known and the ambiguous. Clearly identified individuals are identified with their mixed case name followed by the abbreviation of their most significant play. Thus, Hamlet is Hamlet_Ham, Falstaff is Falstaff_1H4 (even in 2H4), and the Duke of Gloucester in 3H6 is RichardIII_R3. Characters who do not have names may be identified in relation to a group of characters, expressed in capital letters. There is an attempt to develop a controlled vocabulary, so Mariners are SAILORS, Keepers are JAILERS, and Captains may be SOLDIERS. ATTENDANTS is a catch-all category that can include Lords, Gentlemen, Torchbearers, Servants, and others. A decimal-based system allows us to add more information as we have it. Brutus's soldier Titinius is SOLDIERS.BRUTUS.Titinius_JC. The First Soldier in that army is SOLDIERS.BRUTUS.1_JC. These still refer to individual characters. With messengers, for example, when we are not sure if the messenger in one scene is the same as the messenger in another, we use .X as a kind of algebraic variable. MESSENGERS.1 cannot be MESSENGERS.2, but MESSENGERS.X might be. When it is impossible to track an individual's entrances and exits, or when it is difficult to know how many characters are in the group, we prefer to track the group rather than individuals. The .0 modifier is used to single out actions by a subset of the group. If a group of ATTENDANTS enters, one is sent on an errand, and then the rest leave, that one is identified as ATTENDANTS.0.1.

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a triumvir of Rome

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sister to Caesar, later wife to Antony

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a triumvir of Rome

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a Eunuch

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Cleopatra’s treasurer

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Ladies, Eunuchs, Captains, Officers, Soldiers, Attendants, Servants (Lamprius, Rannius, Lucillius: mute characters named in the opening stage direction to 1.2)

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It is hard to imagine a world without Shakespeare. Since their composition four hundred years ago, Shakespeare’s plays and poems have traveled the globe, inviting those who see and read his works to make them their own.

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Readers of the New Folger Editions are part of this ongoing process of “taking up Shakespeare,” finding our own thoughts and feelings in language that strikes us as old or unusual and, for that very reason, new. We still struggle to keep up with a writer who could think a mile a minute, whose words paint pictures that shift like clouds. These expertly edited texts are presented to the public as a resource for study, artistic adaptation, and enjoyment. By making the classic texts of the New Folger Editions available in electronic form as Folger Digital Texts, we place a trusted resource in the hands of anyone who wants them.

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The New Folger Editions of Shakespeare’s plays, which are the basis for the texts realized here in digital form, are special because of their origin. The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is the single greatest documentary source of Shakespeare’s works. An unparalleled collection of early modern books, manuscripts, and artwork connected to Shakespeare, the Folger’s holdings have been consulted extensively in the preparation of these texts. The Editions also reflect the expertise gained through the regular performance of Shakespeare’s works in the Folger’s Elizabethan Theater.

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I want to express my deep thanks to editors Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine for creating these indispensable editions of Shakespeare’s works, which incorporate the best of textual scholarship with a richness of commentary that is both inspired and engaging. Readers who want to know more about Shakespeare and his plays can follow the paths these distinguished scholars have tread by visiting the Folger either in-person or online, where a range of physical and digital resources exists to supplement the material in these texts. I commend to you these words, and hope that they inspire.

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Until now, with the release of the Folger Digital Texts, readers in search of a free online text of Shakespeare’s plays had to be content primarily with using the Moby™ Text, which reproduces a late-nineteenth century version of the plays. What is the difference? Many ordinary readers assume that there is a single text for the plays: what Shakespeare wrote. But Shakespeare’s plays were not published the way modern novels or plays are published today: as a single, authoritative text. In some cases, the plays have come down to us in multiple published versions, represented by various Quartos (Qq) and by the great collection put together by his colleagues in 1623, called the First Folio (F). There are, for example, three very different versions of Hamlet, two of King Lear, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, and others. Editors choose which version to use as their base text, and then amend that text with words, lines or speech prefixes from the other versions that, in their judgment, make for a better or more accurate text.

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Other editorial decisions involve choices about whether an unfamiliar word could be understood in light of other writings of the period or whether it should be changed; decisions about words that made it into Shakespeare’s text by accident through four hundred years of printings and misprinting; and even decisions based on cultural preference and taste. When the Moby™ Text was created, for example, it was deemed “improper” and “indecent” for Miranda to chastise Caliban for having attempted to rape her. (See The Tempest, 1.2: “Abhorred slave,/Which any print of goodness wilt not take,/Being capable of all ill! I pitied thee…”). All Shakespeare editors at the time took the speech away from her and gave it to her father, Prospero.

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Antony and Cleopatra tells the story of a romance between two powerful lovers: Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, and Mark Antony, who rules the Roman Empire with Octavius Caesar and Lepidus.

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Although he is needed in Rome, Antony lingers in Egypt with Cleopatra. He finally returns to Rome when Pompey, another military leader, tries to gain control of the empire. Once in Rome, Antony marries Caesar’s sister Octavia.

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After Pompey is defeated, Caesar imprisons Lepidus and turns on Antony. Octavia attempts to reconcile them, but fails. Antony returns to Cleopatra. He challenges Caesar at sea, adding Cleopatra’s ships to his own. When she and her navy flee in mid-battle, Antony follows, abandoning his men.

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Antony fails in a second battle at sea. At first, he blames Cleopatra and plans to kill her. He responds to false news of her death, however, by attempting suicide; fatally wounded, he reunites with her as he dies. Faced with Caesar’s plans to humiliate her in Rome, Cleopatra kills herself with poisonous snakes.

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