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  <Title>System Walkthrough</Title>
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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    <Paragraph position="0"> Kevin Hausman implemented all of the C++ code for the NameTag'engine . Kurt Dusterhoff created training data and conducted valuable testing for NameTag.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> Since 1986, SRA has developed NLP systems, mainly in the area of text extraction in both English and foreign languages . SRA developed a generic text understanding prototype Solomon, which was used for text extraction in several domains and languages, including MUC-4, MUC-5, Murasaki, and IAA . Currently, SRA is focusing on the issues of speed, robustness, portability, and trainability . NameTag is a side-effect of the effort to create a fast, robust and portable multilingual preprocessor, called TurboTag. Besides HASTEN, SRA has conducted other research i n automatically trainable systems, including co-reference resolution for the SENSEMAKER project . SRA has als o developed graphical annotation tools (e .g. NameTool, Discourse Tagging Tool) to support the creation of trainin g data for automated acquisition . The Natural Language group is led by Chinatsu Aone, and key members include Kevin Hausman, Sharon Flank, Scott Bennett, John Maloney, Hamid Bacha, Job van Zuijlen, and Arcel Castillo .</Paragraph>
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