Thanks Philipp, that clears things up for me quite a bit.
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Taylor Rose
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Language Intelligence
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On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 14:19 -0700, Philipp Koehn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the training script now expects you to specify where the language
> model
> is, so it can build a proper configuration file. Language model
> training
> is independent from translation model training and it is typically
> done
> with tools like SRILM or IRSTLM.
>
> For instance, when you train a 5-gram language model with SRILM
> you will end up with some file, and this file needs to specified with
> the switch
> --lm factor:order:filename
>
> Factor is usually 0 (unless you do something with factored translation
> models),
> Order is 5 in this case (a 5-gram model) and filename should include
> the
> full path to the language model.
>
> Using --last-step 8 is not the best solution, since now the script
> will not build
> a configuration file.
>
> -phi
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Taylor Rose
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> hmm well I just added "--last-step 8" and now it seems to be
> running
> alright. I'd still love an answer to b :)
> --
> Taylor Rose
> Machine Translation Intern
> Language Intelligence
> IRC: Handle: trose
> Server: freenode
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 15:28 -0400, Taylor Rose wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm attempting to run train-model.perl following the
> instructions here:
> >
> http://www.statmt.org/moses/?n=FactoredTraining.TrainingParameters
> >
> > The instructions state that a basic training run can be
> accomplished
> > with the command "train-model.perl --root-dir . --f de --e
> en --corpus
> > corpus/euro >& LOG" however I am getting this error when I
> run that
> > command:
> > ERROR: use --lm factor:order:filename to specify at least
> one language
> > model at
> > /usr/local/bin/train-model.perl line 308.
> >
> > I have been unable to find any documentation that states how
> this option
> > flag should be used. I am a novice to SMT so I'm not sure
> what "factor"
> > and "order" mean in this case.
> >
> > Could anyone:
> > a) tell me how to solve this error
> > or
> > b) point me to comprehensive documentation about
> train-model.perl
> > (bonus points if it outlines specifically how to do a very
> basic
> > training run)
> >
> > Thanks,
>
>
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