Update on Part 2 of my article series discussing #NLP/data science analysis of the Mueller Report:

• new "clean" source of OCRed text found, and will be used for all further articles in the series
• I found an excellent "coreference" tool that I will demonstrate and train

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"coreference": when a noun (e.g. full name) is used once in a paragraph, and that noun is referred to later using another form (e.g. last name, or pronoun). This screenshot from a web-based demo shows how three "coreferences" have been de-referenced to their root.

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I have trained this particular tool using the list of references provided at the end of the report, and it works well.

• de-referencing relative dates, and how I did it
• showing only relevant tweets from the correlated timeline using simple text classification tricks

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I'll be aiming to finish Part 2 by Sunday. This isn't my day job at (looking to change that!); I only have off-hours to spare. The next part should be an easier read for non-tech folks, and have a nice pay-off at the end about social networks and the text you write online.

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The next stage of the timeline is going to be much nicer! If you'd like to show your support for this effort, I always appreciate likes/retweets/comments/questions. If you're able, the gift of Venmo is a great way to keep me caffeinated while I analyze the report. 😊

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Part 2 will also be the first to be split into two versions: one, intended for everyone, and written to teach you about the tech behind the analysis; and two, the code itself, separate from the article.

Thanks for your support!

Part 1 is here:

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