dialoguekit.nlu.annotator
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.. py:module:: dialoguekit.nlu.annotator

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   Interface to annotate an utterance.



Classes
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.. autoapisummary::

   dialoguekit.nlu.annotator.Annotator


Module Contents
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.. py:class:: Annotator

   Bases: :py:obj:`abc.ABC`


   Initializes the annotator.


   .. py:method:: get_annotations(utterance: dialoguekit.core.utterance.Utterance) -> List[dialoguekit.core.annotation.Annotation]
      :abstractmethod:


      Annotates an utterance.

      :param utterance: Utterance.

      :raises NotImplementedError: If the method is not implemented in a subclass.

      :returns: List of annotations.



   .. py:method:: save_annotator(path: str) -> None
      :abstractmethod:


      Saves the annotator to a given path.

      :param path: Path to save the annotator.

      :raises NotImplementedError: If the method is not implemented in a subclass.



   .. py:method:: load_annotator(path: str) -> Annotator
      :classmethod:

      :abstractmethod:


      Loads the annotator from a path.

      :param path: Path to the annotator.

      :raises NotImplementedError: If the method is not implemented in a subclass.

      :returns: Annotator.