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 ##semaphore-python
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-A python wrapper for Semaphore, a Shallow Semantic Parser that identifies roles in a text.
+A python wrapper for Semafor, a Shallow Semantic Parser that identifies roles in a text.
 
 For any questions, suggestions, or feedback, please e-mail me: jac2130@columbia.edu
 
 #How it can be used:
 
-The detailed description of what Semaphore is and does, i.e, a description of its current scientific uses can be found here: [http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/COLI_a_00163].
-Semaphore automates Frame-Net style semantic role labeling:
+The detailed description of what Semafor is and does, i.e, a description of its current scientific uses can be found here: [http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/COLI_a_00163].
+Semafor automates Frame-Net style semantic role labeling:
 [https://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/fndrupal/]
 
 Dipanjan Das, Andre Martins, Nathan Schneider, Desai Chen, & Noah A. Smith Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University [http://www.ark.cs.cmu.edu/SEMAFOR]