Try a new strategy for asciiCompress and asciiDecompress (not exactly the best name for these...). Not completely tested, but at least compression runs with Python3, the old one didn't.
Rename BASE_FOLDER to BASEDIR. 'It is a UNIX system, I know this'
Import the gene <-> HPO term map and use it for feature creation. While here, update some comments and make supervise() always set is_correct to True, just for a starter.
Remove spurious break that was preventing us from generating mentions.
Also don't load the "All" term given that it's meaningless.
While here, convert to BASE_DIR, and import the English dictionary (not clear
how to use it yet).