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  <Title>Japanese Named Entity Extraction Evaluation - Analysis of Results -</Title>
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4 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> We reported on tile NE task of tim IREX project. We first explained tile task and the definition, as well a.s the d~ta we created and the results. The analyses of the result were described, which include analysis of task ditficulty across the NE types and system types, analysis of domain dependency and comparison to human performance.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> As this is one of the first projects of this type in ,Japan, we may have a lot to do ill the future and holmflflly tile results of tile project will be beneficial for fllture projects. As tile next step, II/,EX will be merged with a similar project NTCIR (NTCIR Homepage, 2000) which places more eml)hasis on IR., with a newly created project for sumlnarization, TSC (TSC Homepage, 2000), and contilme this kind of effort for tile fllture.</Paragraph>
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