gistfile1.txt

# Identifying character names in The Adventures of David Simple
# source: http://www.munseys.com/diskone/davidsimp.htm
#
# commands:
# ./ner.sh david_simple.txt > david_simple.ner.txt
# sed -e 's/\S\+\/[^P]\w*//g' -e 's/\s\{2,\}/\n/g' -e 's/\/PERSON//g' david_simple.ner.txt | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | sed 's/^\s\+//' | awk '{if ($1 > 1) print $1,"\t",substr($0, length($1)+2) }'
# note: ner.sh is Stanford NER http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/CRF-NER.html

238 	 David
131 	 Cynthia
96 	 Camilla
69 	 Dumont
47 	 Livia
45 	 Isabelle
33 	 Dorimene
29 	 Daniel
24 	 Mr. Orgueil
23 	 Valentine
20 	 Marquis de Stainville
20 	 Corinna
18 	 Mr. Simple
17 	 Marquis
13 	 Chevalier Dumont
12 	 Mind
11 	 Vieuville
11 	 Juliè
11 	 John
10 	 Mother
10 	 Brother
9 	 Story
9 	 Shakespear
9 	 Mr. David
8 	 Pandolph
8 	 Le Vive
8 	 CYNTHIA
7 	 Mr. Spatter
7 	 Monsieur Le Buisson
7 	 Chevalier
6 	 Person
6 	 Mr. Varnish
6 	 Mr. Johnson
5 	 Sacharissa
5 	 Miss Johnson
5 	 Madam
5 	 Le Neuf
4 	 Shakespeare
4 	 Mr. Nokes
4 	 Joy
4 	 i. e.
3 	 Woman
3 	 Mr. David Simple
3 	 Maxim
3 	 DUMONT
3 	 Daughter
3 	 DANIEL
3 	 Chearfulness
3 	 Carpenter
3 	 Ben Johnson
2 	 Virgil
2 	 Stainville
2 	 Peggy
2 	 Nanny Johnson
2 	 Mr. Daniel
2 	 Mr.
2 	 Miss Betty Trusty
2 	 Milton
2 	 Man
2 	 Judge
2 	 Johnson
2 	 George Barnwell
2 	 Dryden
2 	 Don Sebastian
2 	 Criticks
2 	 Coquettry
2 	 Characteristick
2 	 CAMILLA