.TH mbt 1 "2011 march 21"

.SH NAME
MBT - Memory Based Tagger
.SH SYNOPSYS
mbt [options]

.SH DESCRIPTION
mbt is a memory-based tagger that can tag sequences, based on training
files generated by
.B mbtg.

.SH OPTIONS

.BR -h " or " --help
.RS
show help
.RE

.BR -s " settingsfile"
.RS
use a settingsfile as generated by 
.B mbtg
.RE

Or:

.BR -l " <lexiconfile>"

.BR -r " <ambitagfile>"

.BR -k " <known words case base>"

.BR -u " <unknown words case base>"

.BR -D " <loglevel>"
.RS
Possible options levels are 
.B LogNormal
,
.B LogDebug
,
.B LogHeavy
and 
.B LogExtreme

.RE

.BR -e " <sentence delimiter> (default '<utt>')"

.BR -E " <enriched tagged testfile>"

.BR -t " <testfile>" 

.BR -T " <tagged testfile> (default is untagged stdin)"

.BR -o " <outputfile> (default stdout)"

.BR -O "timbl options"
.RS
 (Note: there is NO SPACE between O and the options)
  <options>   classifier options for both known and unknown words instance bases
  K: <options>   classifier options for known words instance base
  U: <options>   classifier options for unknown words instance base
  valid 
.BR timbl
options are: a d k m q v w x -
.RE

.BR -B " <beamsize for search> (default = 1)"

.BR -v " di"
.RS
 add distance to output
.RE

.BR -v " db"
.RS
 add distribution to output
.RE

.BR -v " c"
.RS
 add confidence to output
.RE

.BR -V " or " --version
.RS
show version info.
.RE

.BR -L " <file with list of frequent words>"

.SH BUGS
possibly

.SH AUTHORS
Ko van der Sloot Timbl@uvt.nl

Antal van den Bosch Timbl@uvt.nl

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR timbl (1)
.BR mbtg (1)
.BR mbtserver (1)