Prompt file

The prompt file is given the name of the Corpus Code (CCD:) specified in the Corpus File. The name corresponds to its position in the Corpus File (X2 signifies that it is specified in 2nd position under letter x).

• Each prompt text file begins and ends with a specific mnemonic ``SPR: - EPR:''.
• Each item is preceded by the mnemonic ``TXT:''.
• Each line that is a continuation of the preceding one, begins with the mnemonic EXT.
• If the text file is to be used in continuous recording mode, it must specify the display time in seconds for each item (following the mnemonic ``DLA:'').

EXAMPLES OF PROMPT TEXT FILES

S1.TXT (5 sentences) S1 is the corpus code

SPR: (start prompt file) 
TXT: I have a problem with my water softener. 
TXT: The water-level is too high and the overflow keep dripping.
TXT: Could you arrange to send an engineer on tuesday morning ?
TXT: It's the only day I can manage this week. 
TXT: I'd be grateful if you could confirm the arrangement now.
EPR: (end prompt file)

S2.TXT (5 sentences) S2 is the corpus code

SPR: 
TXT: Please put me through to the complaints department. 
TXT: The repair to the water main outside my house was 
EXT: unsuccessful, and my cellar's flooded. 
TXT: Your Water Services Department was singularly unsympathetic. 
TXT: All their repair teams are apparently booked out for the 
EXT: next two weeks. 
TXT: Am I supposed to use the cellar as a swimming pool till 
EXT: then ?
EPR:

Note that if a sentence is more than one line long, there will be one extension line (field EXT).

P1.TXT (passage) P1 is the corpus code

SPR: 
TXT: Please put me through to the complaints department. The 
EXT: repair to the water main outside my house was unsuccessful, 
EXT: and my cellar's flooded. Your Water Services Department was 
EXT: singularly unsympathetic.  All their repair teams are 
EXT: apparently booked out for the next two weeks.  Am I supposed 
EXT: to use the cellar as a swimming pool till then ? 
EPR: -

Note that all this passage will be displayed as one item (only one TXT field and several EXT fields).

ST.TXT (5 sentences) ST is the corpus code
To be recorded in ``continuous mode'' (= all pauses between sentences are retained).

SPR: -
TXT: Please put me through to the complaints department. 
DLA: 3.0
TXT: The repair to the water main outside my house was 
EXT: unsuccessful, and my cellar's flooded. 
DLA: 5.0
TXT: Your Water Services Department was singularly unsympathetic.
DLA: 3.5
TXT: All their repair teams are apparently booked out for the 
EXT: next two weeks. 
DLA: 4.0
TXT: Am I supposed to use the cellar as a swimming pool till 
EXT: then ?
DLA: 3.8
EPR: -