Simplified Dependency Annotations with GFL-Web

Michael T. Mordowanec, Nathan Schneider, Chris Dyer, Noah A. Smith

Abstract: We present GFL-Web, a web-based interface for syntactic dependency annotation with the lightweight FUDG/GFL formalism. Syntactic attachments are specified in GFL notation and visualized as a graph. A one-day pilot of this workflow with 26 annotators established that even novices were, with a bit of training, able to rapidly annotate the syntax of English Twitter messages. The open-source tool is easily installed and configured; it is available at: https://github.com/ Mordeaux/gfl _ web