Wednesday, January 26, 2005
"That is one butch chick." 
Next I thought I'd shift gears and try a short story.
Okay, one more test...this time from a diary entry from when I was 13.
It would appear, inconclusively, based on this tiny smattering of data, that I sound the most like a woman when I am storytelling rather than rambling. Good to know!
posted at 9:20 PM
Luke linked today to The Gender Genie, which purports to be able to tell your sex (gender?) based on your prose. I submitted my most recent post, which I will readily admit was influenced by Stephen R. Donaldson's writing style, and got the following:
Words: 344When I clicked the link to tell it that it was wrong, I got the following note in a pop-up:
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 247
Male Score: 784
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
That is one butch chick.The window went on to helpfully mention that
According to Koppel and Argamon, the algorithm should predict the gender of the author approximately 80% of the time.I figured I'd try another post, so I picked my ramble about Aishiteruze Baby. Here are the results:
Words: 908Okay, so, I'm only a woman by a matter of seven points. Guess I blog like a guy!
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1538
Male Score: 1531
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
Next I thought I'd shift gears and try a short story.
Words: 1482Ah-ha! (Though I'm concerned about whether I picked the correct option. Fiction? Nonfiction? I mean...it's nonfiction. It happened. But I wrote it for my fiction class, because I'm a n00b. Regardless, I put "nonfiction" in, so there you go.)
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 2271
Male Score: 1592
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
Okay, one more test...this time from a diary entry from when I was 13.
Words: 859I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS!!!
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1754
Male Score: 1638
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
It would appear, inconclusively, based on this tiny smattering of data, that I sound the most like a woman when I am storytelling rather than rambling. Good to know!
Comments:
My results:
NANOWRIMO - Military SciFi
Words: 5902
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 5970
Male Score: 7019
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
BLOG ENTRIES
Words: 1728
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 2471
Male Score: 3826
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
Words: 737
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1234
Male Score: 2015
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
It seems I write like a guy. Which makes perfect sense, as I am a guy. Still there was one odd ball
NANOWRIMO - Fantasy
Words: 3481
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 4399
Male Score: 4077
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
Technically 3 odd balls since I ran each of the sections that make up the texts separately and got the same result each time. I suspect the result was skewed by the fact that I was writing from the female POV throughout that story. The Genie seems to count feminine pronouns toward the over all score. Since there were only two male characters in that story, one of which was only referenced and never seen, the othe appearing only breifly, it would skew the result.
Sam
NANOWRIMO - Military SciFi
Words: 5902
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 5970
Male Score: 7019
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
BLOG ENTRIES
Words: 1728
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 2471
Male Score: 3826
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
Words: 737
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1234
Male Score: 2015
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
It seems I write like a guy. Which makes perfect sense, as I am a guy. Still there was one odd ball
NANOWRIMO - Fantasy
Words: 3481
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 4399
Male Score: 4077
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
Technically 3 odd balls since I ran each of the sections that make up the texts separately and got the same result each time. I suspect the result was skewed by the fact that I was writing from the female POV throughout that story. The Genie seems to count feminine pronouns toward the over all score. Since there were only two male characters in that story, one of which was only referenced and never seen, the othe appearing only breifly, it would skew the result.
Sam
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:42:00 PM
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:42:00 PM
Apparently, my fiction is female, while my nonfiction is male. Go fig.
--Will Sansbury
--Will Sansbury
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:59:00 PM
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:59:00 PM
Will, were you using that story you have online? It's from a female perspective, isn't it? I think Sam may have a point about the pronouns (and also perhaps about writing from a perspective in general).
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