In some cases you might want to have more information about annotation overlaps and their respective duration. There are two methods to detect overlaps. The first creates annotations from overlaps (see Creating annotations from overlaps) and the second specifically aimed at comparing annotators (see Comparing annotators).
Creating annotations from overlaps uses a wizard that has been developed to automatically detect annotation overlaps and optionally adds the length of the overlaps to the newly created annotations. This function can be started from Tier > Create Annotations from Overlaps…. This will open the Create Annotations From Overlaps window that is based on 4 steps.
Select the tiers to use in the overlaps computation. You can select all the tiers displayed in the list if you click on Select All, or deselect them if you click on Select None. Once you have made your choice for the tiers for which the overlaps should be found, you can select next, this will bring you to the next step.
In this step you can define the overlaps computation criteria in the Overlaps Computation Criteria window
You can choose within 4:
Here you can specify for which tiers you want the constraints to be
applied by selecting the tiers from the drop down list and inserting the
value they should contains. Then click Add: the
constraints table will display the tiers you have selected together with the
value they have to contain. Once you have made your selections, you can
click OK to go back to the Overlaps Computation Criteria window and click
Next to go to the third step.
In order to create the annotation from overlaps, you have to define its destination tier. You first enter the name for the destination tier, and then select if you want it to be either a root tier, or a child of a parent tier. In the former case, you can select the Tier Type Name and Stereotype for the destination tier from the table. In the latter case, specify from the drop down list which tier you want to be the parent tier. In both cases, if there is no correct tier type available, you can create a new one which matches the destination tier by clicking the Add new type... button. You can now go to the next and last step, by selecting Next.
Here you can specify the value for the destination tier.
You have four options:
Specify the value for the destination tier
. If selected,
created annotations will be filled with the overlap duration. You can choose
one of the following time format:
A specific value
If selected, you can enter the value
for all annotations that are created.
Value from a specific tier
. Here you can specify the
tier (you can select it from the drop down list) whose annotation values
will be used for the created annotations.
Concatenate the values of overlapping annotations
. If
selected, created annotations will be filled with the concatenated values of
the overlapping annotations
Compute values by annotation time
If selected,
the values of the annotations are concatenated based on the begintime
of the annotation.
Compute values from the tier in the selected
order
If selected, the values of the annotations are
concatenated based on the selected tier order. The tiers can be moved
up and down within the list using the buttons below the list.
Finally, you can click on Finish. The new tier will be created and populated.
The Tier > Compare Annotators... function is no longer there. A simplified version of this function is now one of the options in the Calculate inter-annotator reliability function (the "ratio of overlap and total extent" option).