SYNTAX AND LEXICAL STATISTICS IN ANAPHORA RESOLUTION

Authors
DAGAN I JUSTESON J LAPPIN S LEASS H RIBAK A
Citation
I. Dagan et al., SYNTAX AND LEXICAL STATISTICS IN ANAPHORA RESOLUTION, Applied artificial intelligence, 9(6), 1995, pp. 633-644
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
System Science","Computer Science Artificial Intelligence","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Applied artificial intelligence → ACNP
ISSN journal
08839514
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
633 - 644
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-9514(1995)9:6<633:SALSIA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We describe a syntactically based salience algorithm for pronominal an aphora resolution and a procedure for reevaluating the decisions of th e algorithm on the basis of statistically modeled lexical semantic/pra gmatic preferences. We report the results of an extensive blind test o f both systems on computer manual text. We discuss the implications of these results for the comparative roles of syntactically defined sali ence and statistically measured lexical preference in determining the references of pronouns in text.