Exploiting Language Models to Classify Events from Twitter

Table 3

LDA-SP model. (a) Samples of list topics; (b) sample of list relations.

(a)

Topic 2: driver; civilians; soldiers; motorcyclist; teenager; thomas; policeman; us soldier; smith; george; motoris; father; …
Topic 19: china; business line; japan; government; israel; judge; india; iran; russia; democrats; court; lawmakers; …
Topic 106: myspacetv videos; the trail; leaves; moses; the curtain; stones; santa; flowers; victim; posters; stars; flames; …
Topic 114: britney spears; paris hilton; angelina jolie; tom cruise; the actress; lindsay lohan; amy winehouse; singer; …
Topic 116: fire; violence; the war; the storm; fighting; katrina; explosion; tornado; earthquake; civil war; dead; heaven; …
Topic 171: john; david; mark; mike; steve; bill; michael; peter; scott; smith; johnson; brown; executive; robert; jeff; brian; …
Topic 251: police; group; team; company; day; year; case; report; miller; officials; king; wilson; story; news; friday; …
Topic 286: article; report; author; court; bible; story; letter; paul; reuters; researchers; statement; respondents; …
Topic 390: car; train; vehicle; bus; fingers; truck; boat; plane; river; route; traffic; driver; aircraft; train; track; bike; …
Topic 428: airplane; aircraft; pilot; sparks; birds; crew; terrorists; nasa; people; passengers; the captain; bullets; the jet; …
Topic 433: family; couple; mary; sarah; thomas; elizabeth; margaret; jesus; jane; matt; martin; daniel; frank; anna; nancy; …
Topic 454: game; operation; experiment; treatment; procedure; scenario; victim; exercise: measurement; error; idea; …
Topic 525: bush; the president; president bush; jesus; paul; the minister; clinton; smith; george w. bush; obama; …
Topic 561: the world; christians; mulims; no matter; americans; jews; catholics; normoms; the chinese; hindus; …
Topic 570: the sun; light; the moon; the beam; earth; mars; venus; laser; darkness; stars; jupiter; a hush; radiation; …

(b)

Relations	Relationship of topics ()
Be cite	525–561; 251–286; 286–251; 251-251; 542–251; 371–286; 542–371; 542–286; 251–162; 134–286; 162–286; 371–251; 286–162; 286–171; 542–454; 286–538; 454–286; 286–10; 134–24; 538–286; 285-286; 575–454; 572–286; 328–286; 19–454; …
Blame on	116–428; 329–531; 116–531; 329-329; 329–116; 116–584; 329–584; 584–531; 314–531; 116–329; 480–531; 171–116; 116–160; 239–584; 458–531; 404–531; 584–116; 196–116; 531–458; 584-584; 531–116; 196–531; 176–531; 545–147; 171–2; …
Crash into	428–287; 428–571 390–106; 428–139; 428–390; 428-428; 390–139; 390-390; 390–287; 390–428; 428–570; 390–570; 139–106; 139–428; 139-139; 428–328; 287–106; 139–390; 390–328; 139–287; 428–374; 390–374; 287–139; 570–287; 106–428; …
Spot in	114–433; 433-433; 116–525; 114–287; 287–433; 114–570; 405–433; 433–405; 251–433; 114-114; 223–433; 570–433; 433–570; 114–132; 287–405; 114–251; 543–433; 230–433; 223–570; 114–424; 433–287; 433–114; 570-570; 433–132; 223–279; …