Spring 2015 Blog

Category for all blog posts for Spring 2015

Topics

~ Annie Swafford

100 topics, 20 words, 10,000 iterations

Crime: police found case evidence arrest charge constable undoubtedly appeared arrested court robbery official avoid credit unfortunate confession referred instantly jury

Love: woman wife husband love knew married loved women influence give daughter life lived power marriage strong died true fit beauty

Money: money business hundred pounds pay thousand worth price sum single paid check ruin fifty ten offer advance terms fifteen buy

Facial Expressions/Face: face eyes pale white nervous thin lips turned colour forehead angry cheeks told nerves frightened spoke excitement staring breath brow

Chillin’ Like Sherlock: pipe sat fire asked smoke tobacco silence opposite cigar lit room sitting armchair smoked fresh original rest habits dull bachelor

Male Descriptive Words: man hair dark cut middle white tall appearance beard handsome clean age features gentleman pleasant fashion elderly bore short bearded

Detective Words: case watson remarked interest interesting investigation answered methods prove client full cases clue exceedingly greatest contrary obliged result art afraid

Investigation: sherlock arthur adventure cases doyle conan friend public long facts problem notes details years series year famous practice feel record

Sailing: long wind ship sea peter captain boat carey rising london bound board securities spirit names rain pulled seaman cleared command

Death: body lay head found dead blow knife lying drawn shot weapon fell blood finally revolver heavy wound unfortunate carried bullet

Topic Modeling Holmes

~ Annie Swafford

1000 iterations, 50 topics, 20 topic words

Nationality: country England world American fear great English law real days present living set bound meet south date british year baron

Writing: paper read note letter book hand papers pocket table written put handed letters writing sheet post wrote write document held

Tracks: boy examined feet blow carefully examined feet blow carefully examination mark left ran wood found path marks stick impression marked showed edge foot unfortunate

Reaction: turned hand face instant moment rushed fell eyes voice felt dreadful horror air white lips arms milverton threw minutes cold

Numeral Values: years money time ago twenty sister hundred months thirty age considerable weeks ponds days club year month named sum

Simple Explanation: case point give points facts curious fact investigation obvious clue incident idea events theory admit solution simple connection criminal explanation

Suspense: head back struck suddenly sprang forward caught quick instant cry began sight eye held feet step dropped broke ears stepped

Family Scandal: woman lady wife husband love girl life child secret maid married beautiful dear character ferguson strong mistress ill daughter engaged

Stakeout: road side place carriage hall dog high direction miles drive house cottage pulled yards passed village bicycle houses trap mile

At Sea: line end thought water full lay place fall black wind ship peter sea memory forever walked captain stackhurst boat brandy

Topics

~ Annie Swafford

100 topics, 15  topic words, 5,000 iterations

Face/head: eyes face lips pale expression hands eager hot thin white cheeks fixed grey brow emotion

Realtionship: life woman love heart knew loved break mine truth evil power world women hands told

Money: hundred money ten business pounds year thousand worth large made pay paid price fifty sum

Detective: facts case theory simple fact points difficulty formed suggest correct impossible idea test remained explanation

Travel: train station carriage line reached journey started bridge drove return hurried cross roof passing save

Protection/Security: door room key opened safe closed inside long study lock locked shut entered bag fastened

Room Descriptions: round corner side table front left stood dressing covered top square carpet gown furnished books

Appearance: man face dark tall hair features eyes head middle thin figure clean beard cut gray

Writing: note letter paper book letters wrote written writing write read handed date envelope slip address

Time: years ago time twenty months thirty week age daughter weeks lives quiet meet retired engaged

 

Topic Modeling

~ Annie Swafford

200 topics, 7500 iterations, 10 topic words

Physical Description- man, hair, cut, middle, appearance, short, clean, faced, eagerly, shaven

Crime Scene- dead, body, found, knife, blood, cut, wound, death, heavy, lag

Travel- train, station, carriage, journey, roof, bridge, started, body, leave, ticket

Writing- paper, note, wrote, written, book, handed, writing, sheet, slip, write

Smoking- room, pipe, sat, fire, cigar, tobacco, chair, smoke, lit, writing

Marriage- woman, love, wife, husband, loved, knew, life, heart, married, women

Crime Solving- case, interest, points, remarkable, facts, singular, problem, fact, experience, solution

Time- night, hour, late, quarter, clock, work, twelve, eleven, time, ten

Business- hundred, money, pounds, business, thousand, company, price, sum, terms, pay

Light- light, lamp, darkness, dark, match, lantern, gas, lit, heavily, burning

DeFranco_Topic Modeling Assignment

~ Annie Swafford

Iterations: 2000
Number of Topic Words: 15
Number of Topics:150

Body/Posture: face eyes turned caught stood looked sunk glimpse mouth staring breast sat chin sight covered

Attack: man found dead body blood knife struck blow weapon fell wound stick head picked wounded

Crime: crime murder night appeared committed scene charge criminal motive violence arrest discovered lucas tragedy police

Smoking: pipe sat fire lit silence tobacco smoke cigar opposite smoking cigarette smoked peculiar thoughts handed

Family/Household: family england people real year high children live friends folk history shows household governess gather

Writing a Letter: paper read note written wrote handed sheet letter writing post write slip pen tossed printed

Neighborhood: house passed garden door walk gate lane cottage walking park windows dark grounds road knocked

Clothing/Wardrobe: black coat dressed hat st clair broad cap wore dress collar den eye trousers coloured

Thought: mind clear idea make remember observed vague effort easily forced absurd draw suspected memory false

Marriage: woman wife husband love life loved knew married girl women nature marriage marry power lover

Caleb Smith- Topic Models

~ Annie Swafford

Top 10 topic models with specs of 50 topics, 2000 iterations, 20 number of topic words:

1)DETAILS: case points interest facts investigation follow remarked fact explanation clue simple observed theory mystery admit prove incident solution inquiry effect.

2)ASSETS/CURRENCY: business money asked work answered good hundred ten company red office week pounds pay thousand suggested fifty city paid bank.

3)WRITING: paper note read letter papers hand table book pocket put letters handed box written wrote writing sheet post drew write.

4)RELATIONS: wife woman husband girl love life child married mother months years heart daughter died ago ferguson secret boy mrs women.

5)LAW/GOVERNMENT: police inspector matter hands case yard law arrest scotland moment official charge found important missing court quietly reached arrested move.

6)CHARACTERISTICS/FEATURES:face eyes man looked features thin dark tall pale mouth lips figure raised manner appearance gray cut beard expression.

7)TRANSPORTATION: hour station train past minutes carriage waiting drive cab quarter time drove half late wait ten hurried started journey home.

8)DESCRIPTION/COLORS: black white hat hair red coat dress broad blue faced grey thick bird brown boots double colour pair yellow dressed.

9)MURDER/CRIME/CLUES: man dead found body lay blood shot son hand knife held revolver mccarthy dropped part pool weapon cunningham heavy wound.

10)TIMES OF DAY/TIME: morning day night evening days clock morrow mrs telegram early breakfast hours news received yesterday work back leave spent arrived.

Topic Modeling

~ Annie Swafford

100 topics, 1000 iterations

23. Crime: murder, evidence, criminal, death, crime, reason, arrest, murderer, committed, action, charge, night, murdered, motive, tragedy, violence, occurred, scene, victim, deed

100. Case solving: problem, remarked, mystery, case, events, solution, admit, simple, prove, interesting, correct, facts, connection, chain, doubt, cases, single, incidents, presented, art

32. Observation: black, red, white, side, blue, double, coat, nose, clean, hat, brown, dressed, grey, wore, yellow, sharp, observe, high, pair, centre

40. Economy: money, hundred, business, company, pounds, thousand, worth, price, sum, fifty, pay, answered, check, terms, bank, single, stock, pycroft, appointment, mawson

52. Body: face, turned, eyes, shoulders, mouth, lips, smile, milverton, felt, white, shrugged, companion, effort, sunk, chin, breath, thick, breast, lines, straight

64. Morning/Night: room, heard, early, bed, night, surprise, morning, dressed, sleep, arrived, breakfast, vanished, clock, slept, unpleasant, midnight, walk, whistle, found, occurred

98. Appearance: man, face, eyes, features, tall, dark, hair, thin, figure, appearance, looked, huge, handsome, beard, heavy, alert, gray, colour, expression, step

75. Passing of time: time, hour, night, work, clock, ten, quarter, late, past, twelve, passed, eleven, room, coming, services, waiting, criminals, complex, retired, eagerly

82. Written documents: paper, note, letter, read, message, wrote, word, sheet, letters, written, book, handed, picture, answer, writing, slip, copy, men, post, dancing

70. Setting: street, baker, waiting, evening, cab, rooms, afternoon, minutes, hansom, working, shortly, corner, ten, haven, emerged, returning, visited, crowd, pavement, cabman

Topic Modeling

~ Annie Swafford

The settings I have used were 100 topics, 5,000 iterations and 30 topic words.

Smoking- chair sat fire pipe rose glanced smoke arm tobacco visitor cigar lit asked laughed silence smoking opposite laid back smoked walk armchair leaning dropped seat comfortable waved cigarette details heartily

Residential Streets- house road side place walked drive miles front led hall high stopped standing building gate windows grounds park trap houses mile yards trees low reached cottage narrow row upper lane

Family/Relationships- woman lady husband wife love young loved beautiful girl marriage daughter married nature women maid fiend de seldom marry blame lovely lover hated mistress loves physical hatred listen merville hilda

Crime (general)- crime murder death night reason police account charge evidence appeared committed proved violence arrest remained motive attempt criminal murdered terrible conduct lucas inquest attention constable probable attempted hideous strong event

Finance- money hundred business pounds thirty thousand large pay milverton worth price fifty sum letters check ten paid firm offer terms named ruin bank work city client advance bag cost market

Transportation- back carriage past drove hurried companion journey round pulled save started reach town reached follow cab drive imagine class early wheels immediately curve van stepped holmes rattled swiftly luggage coachman.

Crime(murder)-back left met father knew death poor sister returned died mother fate witness alive called make swear struck terrible unhappy enemies offered jump faithful reply cry success interview impress absent

Crime Scene- body lay found shot head revolver dead blood weapon wound floor bullet pistol lying handle finally hurt close clothes cried fatal die fired powder wounded brains sight inflicted surgeon horribly

Investigation- case watson effect remarked complete follow conclusion knowledge simple methods form result greatest reasoning work art produced credit observation formed deduction occasionally occur cases working touch step poison drug telegraph

Foreign affairs- english american time von gentleman german bork fancy brother british agents greek london added prisoner occasion england country melas secretary book exclamation living people interpreter car admiration mister worst main

Results of Topic Modeling Project: Sherlock Holmes

~ Annie Swafford

The settings that I used for the topic modeling project are:

30 topics, 5,000 iterations, and 30 topic words printed

1.) Travel; half back hall carriage road horse dog drive cab past colonel boy pulled side minutes drove miles companion yards stopped people observed stranger bicycle straker silver trap station stepped john

2.) Writing; paper note read letter papers table book letters word handed written hand wrote put writing message short write sheet post hands kindly document picture slip single date means envelope meaning

3.) Detective Case; case point interest fact facts points remarked attention investigation interesting explanation curious clue affair object incident mystery theory obvious question simple events admit prove story solution narrative confess details connection

5.) Death; found man lestrade house dead body night lay left finally blood carried yard sign show head made blow death great care stick back wood scotland unfortunate mark heavy weapon bridge

9.) Time; morning night hour doctor heard work time train clock late waiting station quarter started early breakfast telegram hours hurried return past arrived ready afternoon morrow returned twelve matters walk fresh

10.) Physical Description; face man eyes black white dark head hair thin features red tall blue appearance coat pale expression fashion mouth dress eye heavy figure middle brown faced short drawn thick gray

18.) Emotion; cried face hands moment eyes turned head voice looked god words forward spoke felt lips quick shook raised air staring milverton sank burst glimpse laid shot frightened move broke step

19.) Crime; police inspector crime evidence found reason murder case occurred hopkins death human force tragedy remained appeared official arrest account formed violence charge trace prisoner fate proved complete suspicion discovered failed

21.) Business; london business asked good office hundred ten answered money work pay pounds company red thousand made set gold city headed paid possession valuable worth price bank order firm sum named

29.) Building; room door window open opened bed entered floor bedroom table key closed sitting passage ran bell inside rushed empty locked dressing pushed safe stair alarm lock clothes stairs shut sleep

Topic Modeling Assignment – Jen Pereira

~ Annie Swafford ~ 1 Comment

Here are my ten topics and their titles. My settings were 40-2000-20.

Travel: train, london, office, papers, brother, importance, station, west, evening, mycroft, monday, absolutely, town, return, plans, agent, service, taking, coming, appointment.

Time: back, hour, help, time, past, street, ten, minutes, waiting, late, cab, quarter, wait, started, hurried, reached, big, step, journey, picked.

Crime: house, crime, night, death, master, attention, murder, terrible, dangerous, tragedy, scene, made, servants, criminal, alarm, undoubtedly, man, unfortunate, absolute, suspicion.

Business/Commercial: good, business, money, asked, hundred, week, answered, men, american, pay, pounds, red, thousand, gold, city, company, worth, headed, advertisement, paid.

Police Work: holmes, inspector, lestrade, case, police, sherlock, evidence, yard, moment, investigation, force, official, arrest, important, scotland, detective, affair, charge, quietly, feel.

Construction/Evidence: left, round, store, examined, small, large, floor, side, mark, carefully, examination, ground, wall, marked, evidently, pointed, marks, wood, cut, iron.

Literature: paper, note, read, letter, papers, book, pocket, hand, table, box, put, handed, letters, written, wrote, writing, drew, sheet, post, address.

Description of Clothes: black, side, hair, red,  hat, gave, high, heavy, blue, coat, broad, centre, white dress, brown, top, faced.

Emotional Verbs/Actions: instant, cried, hands, heard, back, feet, rushed, threw, open, caught, fell, sprang, appeared, sight, ran, cry, arms, pushed, moment, voice.

Murder/Death: man, found, head, body, dead, hand, lay, blood, long, drawn, close, shot, carried, struck, part, finally, held, blow, knife, revolver.