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# A python script to turn annotated data in standoff format (brat annotation tool) to the formats expected by Stanford NER and Relation Extractor models
# - NER format based on: http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/crf-faq.html#a
# - RE format based on: http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/relationExtractor.html#training

# Usage:
# 1) Install the pycorenlp package
# 2) Run CoreNLP server (change CORENLP_SERVER_ADDRESS if needed)
# 3) Place .ann and .txt files from brat in the location specified in DATA_DIRECTORY
# 4) Run this script