Superchecker Duties

guide for superchecking overheard speech files

NOTE: When you are working on a file, mark the file as in progress on Asana by moving it to the "Supercheck in progress" column

• Check that all annotations on the CHI & EE1 tiers contain "0." Make sure there aren't sneaky spaces before the annotations-- when you merge two annotations, ELAN sometimes insterts a space. You can check their alignment in grid mode.

• Check that all xds@EE1 annotations are coded as "O"

• From Grid view in Annotation mode, review Minchat for typos or nonsensical utterances. Do this for each speaker in the file.

  • Before fixing the typo, listen to the clip to make sure that the "typo" wasn't intentional.

• Check through all tiers and sub-tiers in Grid view to make sure there aren't any blank codes. Listen to the clip and fill in the appropriate code.

• Make sure there aren't annotations or missed speech in segments the coder listed as silent in the coding issues document.

• Wherever the annotator marked speech as unintelligible (xxx), listen to the clip (plus neighboring clips) to try to determine what the speaker said.

• Check that the xds tier for each speaker does not contain a T* (Note: This is only applicable to ACLEW or VIHI files that were also used for Overheard Speech. The task in Asana will indicate if it is VIHI/ACLEW file).

• Check that the CDS tier does not contain any empty values.

• Wherever the speaker categorized vcm, xds, or cds as unknown (U), listen to the clip (plus neighboring clips) to try to determine the appropriate category.

• Check through all tiers and sub-tiers in Grid view to make sure there aren't any blank codes.

• Read through the cast of characters, and make sure that speakers were labelled consistently throughout the file.

  • Listen to all clips from each tier (one speaker at a time) to check for consistency in labelling.

• Check the coding issues document for notes about any segments the original coder had trouble with or marked for additional review. Review these sections and add any notes of your own.

• Export superchecked file as tab-delineated text.

• Run file through Minchat checker again.

  • Fix any new issues that have emerged.

  • Re-export as tab-delineated text.

• Mark the task complete in Asana by sliding the file to the "Complete" column.

  • Lab manager or Jasenia: Push the checked .eaf, .docx., and .txt to Overheard_Speech github repo.