Instructions for annotating dialogues

First Stage: Turn Segmentation

  1. Open a dialogue file: File | Open Dialogue...
  2. Click on a cell under the Annotated Turn column
    1. Highlight a segment (part of a turn)
    2. Select the Function of the segment
    3. If it is a responsive segment, select a Referent Segment
    4. Click Add Segment to add the new segment
    5. Repeat the steps above until the turn is fully segmented
    6. Click Done to complete the segmentation of the turn
  3. Repeat step 2. until all the turns have been segmented
  4. Save the annotation: File | Save Dialogue

Second Stage: Content Feature Annotation

  1. Open a dialogue file: File | Open Dialogue...
  2. Click on a cell under the Annotated Turn column
    1. Click on a segment from the Segments list
    2. For each row in Content Features, select the option that applies
    3. Repeat the steps above until every segment is annotated
    4. Click Done to complete the annotation of the turn
  3. Repeat step 2. until all the turns are annotated
  4. Save the annotation: File | Save Dialogue