# ACE **URL:** https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/ace/9.md?page=1 [Latest](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/latest.md) · [Categories](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/categories.md) · [Tags](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Can ace show generator input?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/can-ace-show-generator-input/735)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/can-ace-show-generator-input/735 "2022-02-11T01:00:51Z")
Is there a flag I can pass to ace so that I can see the generator input, preferably post-vpm? --- ## [How to compile ERG for ACE to enable ubertagging?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-to-compile-erg-for-ace-to-enable-ubertagging/734)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-to-compile-erg-for-ace-to-enable-ubertagging/734 "2022-02-10T11:45:54Z")
The option to run the ERG with ubertagging is ubertagging=0.001, according to the docs. But I am assuming first I have to compile the grammar properly, giving it a path to the pretrained model? Since when I use the defau… --- ## [Ace compile hangs after "loaded grammar in ... seconds"](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-compile-hangs-after-loaded-grammar-in-seconds/737)
**Author:** [@akiliyer](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/akiliyer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-compile-hangs-after-loaded-grammar-in-seconds/737 "2022-02-10T05:06:12Z")
After running the “ace -G yaq.dat -g ace/config.tdl” command, the grammar begins to compile as expected, but hangs after saying “loaded grammar in 0.89765 seconds”, for example. I tarred the directory and send it over to… --- ## [Unexpected grammar image/ACE mismatch message](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/unexpected-grammar-image-ace-mismatch-message/723)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/unexpected-grammar-image-ace-mismatch-message/723 "2022-01-21T17:30:46Z")
(This will sound like I simply am wrong about which files I used, but I think I am not because I double checked, so I want to post this.) I am trying to work with ACE source code, so I am compiling it on a linux machine… --- ## [Compiling repp and ACE (again) on OSX 10.15 Intel](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/compiling-repp-and-ace-again-on-osx-10-15-intel/722)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/compiling-repp-and-ace-again-on-osx-10-15-intel/722 "2022-01-19T19:41:43Z")
This thread discusses compiling ACE on OSX in some detail, however I am afraid I am not getting even as far as TJ got by the time he first posted in that thread. So I think I can’t yet benefit from that thread and I will… --- ## [Generating sentences using ACE](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/generating-sentences-using-ace/658)
**Author:** [@Hamza\_Ghorfi](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/Hamza_Ghorfi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/generating-sentences-using-ace/658 "2021-07-13T15:50:29Z")
Hi, I’m trying to generate phrases using ACE generation from a DMRSJson that i convert to MRS, but some sentences won’t generate. for exemple : \[{ “nodes”: \[ { “nodeid”: 10000, “predicate”: “\_the\_q” }, { “nodei… --- ## [Do/should the number of trees in an fftb forest correspond to the number of parses found by ACE](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/do-should-the-number-of-trees-in-an-fftb-forest-correspond-to-the-number-of-parses-found-by-ace/487)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/do-should-the-number-of-trees-in-an-fftb-forest-correspond-to-the-number-of-parses-found-by-ace/487 "2021-07-08T00:47:29Z")
I noticed that the number of trees in the fftb forrest for some of my test items (for inferred grammars with lots of ambiguity) doesn’t necessarily match the number of parses reported by the parse file when I processed a… --- ## [ACE //nn\_u\_unknown](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-nn-u-unknown/659)
**Author:** [@Hamza\_Ghorfi](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/Hamza_Ghorfi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-nn-u-unknown/659 "2021-07-01T13:28:11Z")
Hi, While parsing with ACE for some Sentences we get “unknown” on some words. for exemple in this sentence : “The spacecraft consists of two main elements: the NASA Cassini Orbiter, named after the Italian-French astro… --- ## [Parsing using CSAW](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/parsing-using-csaw/640)
**Author:** [@Rita](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/Rita)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/parsing-using-csaw/640 "2021-04-12T16:21:36Z")
Hi all (esp. @sweaglesw ), I need your help to resolve a parsing problem using CSAW CSAW -- PCFG approximation of HPSG grammars, with semantics I am using Csaw to parse a corpus that contains 3000 sentences, with each … --- ## [Add PCFG to ACE command line](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/add-pcfg-to-ace-command-line/637)
**Author:** [@Rita](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/Rita)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/add-pcfg-to-ace-command-line/637 "2021-04-06T18:18:03Z")
Hello, I am trying to add PCFG model (ww-gp8-2018.pcfg) to ACE. But an error message appears. Could you help me please? \[ace: csaw/naive.c:130: csaw\_load\_pcfg: Assertion \`1 == fscanf(f, “terminals %d\\n”, &nterminals)’… --- ## [Translation mystery (with ace)](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/translation-mystery-with-ace/629)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/translation-mystery-with-ace/629 "2021-03-05T21:08:59Z")
Hi all, but especially @sweaglesw! I’m gearing up for the Ling 567 MMT extravaganza next week and have turned up a mystery (which feels kind of familiar, but I couldn’t quickly find any prior records of discussing it, e… --- ## [Segmentation fault when parsing with ACE 0.9.32](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/segmentation-fault-when-parsing-with-ace-0-9-32/606)
**Author:** [@ecconrad](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ecconrad)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/segmentation-fault-when-parsing-with-ace-0-9-32/606 "2021-02-02T20:21:04Z")
I’m using the latest version of ACE to compile a grammar and parse test items, but I get a segmentation fault: -bash-4.2$ ./ace-0.9.32/ace -g grammars/abz/abz1/ace/abz1\_0932.dat -Tf Segmentation fault When I compile th… --- ## [Slow processing with append lists?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/slow-processing-with-append-lists/600)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/slow-processing-with-append-lists/600 "2020-12-10T19:06:13Z")
We (@ecconrad @olzama and I) have discovered a case where grammars created by the most recent version of the Grammar Matrix are significantly slower to process with (using ace) than grammars produced from the same choice… --- ## [Compiling the latest ERG grammar for ACE: multibyte issues](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/compiling-the-latest-erg-grammar-for-ace-multibyte-issues/586)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/compiling-the-latest-erg-grammar-for-ace-multibyte-issues/586 "2020-10-07T23:07:17Z")
I’ve finally got the login infrastructure installed on my MacBook using the docker container approach. Now I’m trying to compile the ERG that is included with svn checkout http://logon.emmtee.net/trunk logon for ACE. M… --- ## [What is 'art' and how do I use it?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/what-is-art-and-how-do-i-use-it/580)
**Author:** [@ecconrad](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ecconrad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/what-is-art-and-how-do-i-use-it/580 "2020-09-24T16:42:32Z")
In the repro script for BASIL, when parsing with ACE, there is also a line that calls something called “ART” I copied the \`\`art\`\`\` directory from the BASIL repo into my working directory, but when I run it I get this er… --- ## [Transfer module](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/transfer-module/550)
**Author:** [@vineet](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/vineet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/transfer-module/550 "2020-08-08T12:27:53Z")
I understand for translation task one needs 1. parser 2. transfer 3. generator. ACE provides parser and generator. Is there a simple and light way to use transfer module, along with ACE, without using full Logon system… --- ## [Ace + \[incr tsdb()\]](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-incr-tsdb/520)
**Author:** [@arademaker](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/arademaker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-incr-tsdb/520 "2020-07-03T18:07:16Z")
In the Makefile of ACE, two lines called my attention: 3 # comment out these two lines if you don't want to include \[incr tsdb()\] support 4 DELPHIN\_CFLAGS=-isystem ${LOGONROOT}/lingo/lkb/include -DTSDB 5 D… --- ## [ACE on apt and brew](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-on-apt-and-brew/482)
**Author:** [@trimblet](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/trimblet)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-on-apt-and-brew/482 "2020-06-07T15:33:02Z")
Hi all, I’ve been thinking it would be helpful for several projects (matrix, pydelphin, getting more people to use delphin stuff) to package and publish ACE in apt (or similar) and homebrew. I looked into the process an… --- ## [Get ACE to generate a specific phrase using constraints?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/get-ace-to-generate-a-specific-phrase-using-constraints/469)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/get-ace-to-generate-a-specific-phrase-using-constraints/469 "2020-04-30T19:30:49Z")
Is there any way to have ACE generate a phrase from a simple mrs that is fully constrained so that it just outputs that one interpretation? For example, “eat the food” creates this simple MRS: \[ TOP: h0 INDEX: e2 RE… --- ## [Generation counter overflowed!](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/generation-counter-overflowed/458)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/generation-counter-overflowed/458 "2020-04-15T19:59:03Z")
I am getting the following parsing a sentence in ace (through art): out of sync; arbiter sent ‘generation counter overflowed!’ when expecting a SENT or SKIP header. I have the --max-chart-megabytes and --max-unpack-meg… --- ## [ERROR: found a frozen edge #234984 (not packed) in the root cell!](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/error-found-a-frozen-edge-234984-not-packed-in-the-root-cell/450)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/error-found-a-frozen-edge-234984-not-packed-in-the-root-cell/450 "2020-04-08T00:23:44Z")
I’m getting the following error from ace, for a rather long sentence in a grammar with lots of ambiguity. out of sync; arbiter sent ‘ERROR: found a frozen edge #234984 (not packed) in the root cell!’ when expecting a SE… --- ## [How to stop python ACE from outputting debugging text](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-to-stop-python-ace-from-outputting-debugging-text/429)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-to-stop-python-ace-from-outputting-debugging-text/429 "2020-03-03T19:39:48Z")
I’m using the Python binding of ACE to generate text like this: with ace.ACEGenerator('erg-2018-osx-0.9.31.dat') as generator: response = generator.interact(simple) When I execute it, I get the following printed… --- ## [DEADLY SIGNAL when expecting a SENT or SKIP header](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/deadly-signal-when-expecting-a-sent-or-skip-header/430)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/deadly-signal-when-expecting-a-sent-or-skip-header/430 "2020-03-03T19:09:18Z")
I’m getting the following error when trying to a testsuite for an inferred grammar using art: ./art-0.1.9/art -a ‘/usr/local/ace/latest/ace -g ./output/grammars/erk/erk4/ace/erk4.dat’ ./output/processed/erk/erk4/ readi… --- ## [Ace segfaults building rule filter](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-segfaults-building-rule-filter/417)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-segfaults-building-rule-filter/417 "2020-02-11T23:03:25Z")
Question for @sweaglesw (or anyone else who might know): What likely cause of a segfault at this point? simple lexemes 0 / 994 = 0.00% 2222 types (743 glb), 994 lexemes, 148 rules, 95 orules, 39 instances,… --- ## [Loopy rule warning](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/loopy-rule-warning/380)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/loopy-rule-warning/380 "2019-12-16T17:48:44Z")
I am seeing this warning a lot when parsing an inferred grammar with Ace: WARNING: grammar rule \`n14-bottom-coord’ is loopy WARNING: edge #835 \[n14-bottom-coord\] == edge #593 \[n14-bottom-coord\] It’s coming from one of… --- ## [How does Ace handle =?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-does-ace-handle/362)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-does-ace-handle/362 "2019-10-18T21:54:46Z")
I have a grammar and testsuite for Matsigenka and my lexical coverage is very low. I’m suspicious that the clitics are the reason for this. Matsigenka has argument-marking clitics on almost all verbs. We treat these as a… --- ## [Grammar loading in LKB but not ACE](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/grammar-loading-in-lkb-but-not-ace/337)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/grammar-loading-in-lkb-but-not-ace/337 "2019-08-15T23:34:11Z")
I have a grammar that loads in the LKB, but not in ACE. I am getting the following error: reading configuration from ./output/grammars/abz/ace/config.tdl' grammar version abui (2019-08-15\_00:10:56\_UTC) reading gra… --- ## [Welformedness error- loading a matrix grammar in ace](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/welformedness-error-loading-a-matrix-grammar-in-ace/323)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/welformedness-error-loading-a-matrix-grammar-in-ace/323 "2019-06-18T23:21:38Z")
I am getting the following error when I compile a grammar with ace.compile(‘ikx/ace/config.tdl’, ‘ikx/ace/ikx.dat’) processing constraints… well-formedness: no type is compatible with features and type of null' while … --- ## [ACE version mismatch when running Feature Forest-based Maximum Entropy Model Trainer](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-version-mismatch-when-running-feature-forest-based-maximum-entropy-model-trainer/260)
**Author:** [@davidmoeljadi](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/davidmoeljadi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-version-mismatch-when-running-feature-forest-based-maximum-entropy-model-trainer/260 "2019-02-14T08:46:20Z")
Hi Woodley, I am trying to run the Feature Forest-based Maximum Entropy Model Trainer. I used ACE version 0.9.29 for the grammar image and treebank (gold profile). When I run ~/grammar/INDRA$ FFGRANDPARENT=0 ~/tools/… --- ## [Error in processing profiles using art for treebanking](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/error-in-processing-profiles-using-art-for-treebanking/245)
**Author:** [@davidmoeljadi](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/davidmoeljadi)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/error-in-processing-profiles-using-art-for-treebanking/245 "2019-02-07T14:05:58Z")
Hi! I am using art and ACE to process a profile I wish to treebank. ~/grammar/INDRA$ art -f -a 'ace --disable-generalization -g ind.dat -O' /tmp/(name of testsuite)-demo/ but I got this error message for sentence 1399 … [Previous page](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/ace/9.md) [Next page](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/ace/9.md?page=2)