Hello,

I’m having trouble loading the CPE (on Mac using Linux, cTakes 3.2.2) following 
the tutorial online. It appears that a file may either be misspecified or needs 
to be edited, though I’m not sure where this error message is pointing to (see 
below message and log). As I’m not really familiar with Java, I’d appreciate 
any insights.

Thanks in advance,

Error message:

Org.apache.uima.analysis_engineAnalysisEngineProcessException
CausedBy: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; line Number: 1; columnNumber: 1; 
Content is not allowed in prolog.

Log:


Loading configuration.

Loading feature templates.

Loading lexica.

Loading model:

........................................................................................

11 Oct 2016 09:18:54  INFO Chunker - Chunker model file: 
org/apache/ctakes/chunker/models/chunker-model.zip

11 Oct 2016 09:18:55  INFO ContextDependentTokenizerAnnotator - Finite state 
machines loaded.

11 Oct 2016 09:18:55  INFO ContextAnnotator - SCOPE ORDER: [1, 3]

11 Oct 2016 09:18:55  INFO NegationContextAnalyzer - initBoundaryData() called 
for ContextInitializer

11 Oct 2016 09:18:55  INFO AssertionAnalysisEngine - scope model file: 
/Users/mgianfrancesco/Desktop/apache-ctakes-3.2.2/resources/org/apache/ctakes/assertion/models/scope.model

11 Oct 2016 09:18:55  INFO AssertionAnalysisEngine - cue model file: 
/Users/mgianfrancesco/Desktop/apache-ctakes-3.2.2/resources/org/apache/ctakes/assertion/models/cue.model

scope model: 
/Users/mgianfrancesco/Desktop/apache-ctakes-3.2.2/resources/org/apache/ctakes/assertion/models/scope.model

11 Oct 2016 09:18:57  INFO AssertionAnalysisEngine - pos model file: 
/Users/mgianfrancesco/Desktop/apache-ctakes-3.2.2/resources/org/apache/ctakes/assertion/models/pos.model

Oct 11, 2016 9:18:57 AM org.mitre.medfacts.i2b2.cli.BatchRunner 
loadEnabledFeaturesFromFile

INFO: opening enabled features file: 
/Users/mgianfrancesco/Desktop/apache-ctakes-3.2.2/resources/org/apache/ctakes/assertion/models/featureFile11b


Oct 11, 2016 9:18:57 AM org.apache.uima.resource.impl.ResourceManager_impl 
initializeExternalResources

WARNING: The external resource named assertionModelResourceImpl has been 
declared multiple times with different definitions. The definition of the 
resource in component 
/AggregateCdaProcessor/AssertionAnnotator/assertionAnalysisEngine/ will be 
used.  The definition in component 
/AggregateCdaProcessor/AssertionAnnotator/conceptConverterAnalysisEngine/ will 
be ignored.

Oct 11, 2016 9:18:57 AM org.apache.uima.resource.impl.ResourceManager_impl 
initializeExternalResources

WARNING: The external resource named scopeModelResourceImpl has been declared 
multiple times with different definitions. The definition of the resource in 
component /AggregateCdaProcessor/AssertionAnnotator/assertionAnalysisEngine/ 
will be used.  The definition in component 
/AggregateCdaProcessor/AssertionAnnotator/conceptConverterAnalysisEngine/ will 
be ignored.

Oct 11, 2016 9:18:57 AM org.apache.uima.resource.impl.ResourceManager_impl 
initializeExternalResources

WARNING: The external resource named cueModelResourceImpl has been declared 
multiple times with different definitions. The definition of the resource in 
component /AggregateCdaProcessor/AssertionAnnotator/assertionAnalysisEngine/ 
will be used.  The definition in component 
/AggregateCdaProcessor/AssertionAnnotator/conceptConverterAnalysisEngine/ will 
be ignored.

Oct 11, 2016 9:18:57 AM org.apache.uima.resource.impl.ResourceManager_impl 
initializeExternalResources

WARNING: The external resource named enabledFeaturesResourceImpl has been 
declared multiple times with different definitions. The definition of the 
resource in component 
/AggregateCdaProcessor/AssertionAnnotator/assertionAnalysisEngine/ will be 
used.  The definition in component 
/AggregateCdaProcessor/AssertionAnnotator/conceptConverterAnalysisEngine/ will 
be ignored.

11 Oct 2016 09:18:57  INFO POSTagger - POS tagger model file: 
org/apache/ctakes/postagger/models/mayo-pos.zip

11 Oct 2016 09:18:58  INFO TokenizerAnnotatorPTB - Initializing 
org.apache.ctakes.core.ae.TokenizerAnnotatorPTB

11 Oct 2016 09:18:58  INFO SentenceDetector - Sentence detector model file: 
org/apache/ctakes/core/sentdetect/sd-med-model.zip

11 Oct 2016 09:18:58  INFO ContextAnnotator - SCOPE ORDER: [1, 3]

11 Oct 2016 09:18:58  INFO StatusContextAnalyzer - initBoundaryData() called 
for ContextInitializer

11 Oct 2016 09:18:58  INFO CdaCasInitializer -  process(JCas)

[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.

Oct 11, 2016 9:18:58 AM 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl 
callAnalysisComponentProcess(407)

SEVERE: Exception occurred

org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:231)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_component.JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.process(JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.java:48)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.callAnalysisComponentProcess(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:375)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:296)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.processUntilNextOutputCas(ASB_impl.java:567)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.<init>(ASB_impl.java:409)

at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl.process(ASB_impl.java:342)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AnalysisEngineImplBase.process(AnalysisEngineImplBase.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.processNext(ProcessingUnit.java:897)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.run(ProcessingUnit.java:577)

Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; 
Content is not allowed in prolog.

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ClinicalNotePreProcessor.process(ClinicalNotePreProcessor.java:175)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:169)

... 10 more


Oct 11, 2016 9:18:58 AM 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl 
processAndOutputNewCASes(275)

SEVERE: Exception occurred

org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:231)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_component.JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.process(JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.java:48)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.callAnalysisComponentProcess(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:375)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:296)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.processUntilNextOutputCas(ASB_impl.java:567)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.<init>(ASB_impl.java:409)

at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl.process(ASB_impl.java:342)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AnalysisEngineImplBase.process(AnalysisEngineImplBase.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.processNext(ProcessingUnit.java:897)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.run(ProcessingUnit.java:577)

Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; 
Content is not allowed in prolog.

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ClinicalNotePreProcessor.process(ClinicalNotePreProcessor.java:175)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:169)

... 10 more


org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:231)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_component.JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.process(JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.java:48)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.callAnalysisComponentProcess(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:375)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:296)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.processUntilNextOutputCas(ASB_impl.java:567)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.<init>(ASB_impl.java:409)

at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl.process(ASB_impl.java:342)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AnalysisEngineImplBase.process(AnalysisEngineImplBase.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.processNext(ProcessingUnit.java:897)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.run(ProcessingUnit.java:577)

Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; 
Content is not allowed in prolog.

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ClinicalNotePreProcessor.process(ClinicalNotePreProcessor.java:175)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:169)

... 10 more

Oct 11, 2016 9:18:58 AM 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit process

SEVERE: The container AggregateCdaProcessor returned the following error 
message: null (Thread Name: [Procesing Pipeline#1 Thread]::)

Oct 11, 2016 9:18:58 AM 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit 
maybeLogSevereException(2502)

SEVERE: Thread: [Procesing Pipeline#1 Thread]::, message: null

org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:231)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_component.JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.process(JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.java:48)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.callAnalysisComponentProcess(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:375)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:296)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.processUntilNextOutputCas(ASB_impl.java:567)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.<init>(ASB_impl.java:409)

at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl.process(ASB_impl.java:342)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AnalysisEngineImplBase.process(AnalysisEngineImplBase.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.processNext(ProcessingUnit.java:897)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.run(ProcessingUnit.java:577)

Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; 
Content is not allowed in prolog.

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ClinicalNotePreProcessor.process(ClinicalNotePreProcessor.java:175)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:169)

... 10 more


org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:231)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_component.JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.process(JCasAnnotator_ImplBase.java:48)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.callAnalysisComponentProcess(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:375)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:296)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.processUntilNextOutputCas(ASB_impl.java:567)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl$AggregateCasIterator.<init>(ASB_impl.java:409)

at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl.process(ASB_impl.java:342)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.processAndOutputNewCASes(AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AnalysisEngineImplBase.process(AnalysisEngineImplBase.java:267)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.processNext(ProcessingUnit.java:897)

at 
org.apache.uima.collection.impl.cpm.engine.ProcessingUnit.run(ProcessingUnit.java:577)

Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; 
Content is not allowed in prolog.

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ClinicalNotePreProcessor.process(ClinicalNotePreProcessor.java:175)

at 
org.apache.ctakes.preprocessor.ae.CdaCasInitializer.process(CdaCasInitializer.java:169)

... 10 more

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