---
name: "mbt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mbt"
version: "3.11-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mbt"
---

# mbt(1)

Memory Based Tagger

## NAME

MBT - Memory Based Tagger

## SYNOPSIS

mbt \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

mbt is a memory‐based tagger that can tag sequences, based on training files generated by **mbtg.**

## OPTIONS

- **-h** or **--help**

  show help

- **-s** settingsfile

  use a settingsfile as generated by **mbtg**

Or:

**-l** \<lexiconfile\>

**-r** \<ambitagfile\>

**-k** \<known words case base\>

**-u** \<unknown words case base\>

- **-D** \<loglevel\>

  Possible options levels are **LogNormal** , **LogDebug** , **LogHeavy** and **LogExtreme**

**-e** \<sentence delimiter\> (default '\<utt\>')

**-E** \<enriched tagged testfile\>

**-t** \<testfile\>

**-T** \<tagged testfile\> (default is untagged stdin)

**-o** \<outputfile\> (default stdout)

- **-O**timbl options

   (Note: there is NO SPACE between O and the options)\
     \<options\>   classifier options for both known and unknown words instance bases\
     K: \<options\>   classifier options for known words instance base\
     U: \<options\>   classifier options for unknown words instance base\
     valid **timbl** options are: a d k m q v w x -

**-B** \<beamsize for search\> (default = 1)

- **-v** di

   add distance to output

- **-v** db

   add distribution to output

- **-v** cf

   add confidence to output

- **-V** or **--version**

  show version info.

**-L** \<file with list of frequent words\>

## BUGS

possibly

## AUTHORS

Ko van der Sloot Timbl@uvt.nl

Antal van den Bosch Timbl@uvt.nl

## SEE ALSO

[**timbl**(1)](/timbl/1.md) [**mbtg**(1)](/mbtg/1.md) [**mbtserver**(1)](/mbtserver/1.md)