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annotator

annotator

6.2
A person or tool that adds notes and labels to text and data to explain it
  • noun
  • /ˈænəˌteɪtər/
translation icon : anotador
  • The reliability of a corpus is ensured by the calculation of the inter-annotator agreement that measures the degree of agreement in performing the annotation task among the involved annotators.

If you are an annotator, this is for you.

Examples

  • "I think I am an annotator."

    Academic text (2009)

  • In other words, the algorithm was nearly as good at determining what kind of learning was happening as human annotators were in the large-scale study of 1,720 class hours involving 49 instructors.

    Academic text (2017)

  • If you are an annotator, this is for you.

    EmilyReadsBooks

  • Using the PDF annotator, we provided both written and audio feedback to our students.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The diagnosis question set reported in this evaluation was identified by independent annotators.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Most annotators, including Logeman, assume that the scene is Haegstad.

    Academic text (1995)

  • On the second paper, we used a PDF annotator, such as Adobe Reader XI, that allows a reviewer to insert analytic feedback into the body of the paper and also to provide holistic comments with the software's built-in microphone.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The annotator provided helpful comments on the manuscript to improve its clarity.

  • As an annotator, she carefully labeled each part of the image for the research project.

  • The teacher acted as an annotator, adding notes to guide students in their writing.

Synonyms

commenter
vsannotator
11 3.0

A person who speaks about an event to explain and discuss it

adds notes to explain or organize rather than give general commentary
tagger
vsannotator
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A person or program that labels each word with its part of speech

adds labels for explanation or organization rather than only grammatical tags
glosser
vsannotator
8.3

A person who adds notes or translations to explain a text

adds notes or labels to organize information more broadly
noter
vsannotator
6.5

A person who takes notes during meetings or lectures

adds explanatory notes or labels rather than just recording content

How Scholarly

textualist
  • Specialized
8.6
editor
∞ 3.0
annotator
6.2
reader
98 3.7

Surface Forms

annotator singular
annotators plural

Morphology

annotator = annotate (transparent) = annotate + or

The agent/instrument suffix '-or' added to the verb 'annotate' yields a person or tool that performs annotation, a straightforward, productive English formation.

Etymology

Annotator comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and notare 'to mark', and is related to the everyday word note. So an annotator is a person or tool that 'marks' a text with notes or comments to explain or organise it.