def mapSequences(rows):
        # triage into three separate lists
        # transition, emission, and gold
        goldTests = []
        for row in rows:

            personRecords = row[1]
            sorted(row[1], key=lambda x: (x[6], x[2]))
            startState = "START"
            previous = startState

            keepInModel = not utils.isTest()

            goldStandard = []
            for item in personRecords:
                # handle transition
                current = buildTransitionWrapper(item[5], item[4], item[2])
                

                # handle emission
                emissionKey = previous + "_" + current
                patientAmount = item[3]

                # keep in model? 
                #new dictionaries - yield creates each one
                if (keepInModel):
                    yield ((previous, current, transitionType), 1)
                    yield ((emissionKey, patientAmount, emissionType), 1)
                else:
                    goldStandard.append((previous, current, emissionKey, patientAmount, item[4], item[5]))

                previous = current

            # push gold standard, if it exists
            if not keepInModel:
                yield ((row[0][0], row[0][1], goldType), goldStandard)
	def determineDictionary(self, test, train):
		if utils.isTest(self.setSplit):
			return (test, True)
		return (train, False)