Centering Theory
Centering Theory for Evaluation of Coherence in Computer-Aided Summaries
... ing Theory (CT) (Grosz et al., 1995), a discourse theory of local coherence and salience, to measure the coherence of pairs of extracts and the abstracts created from them us- ing summary production ...
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Employing the Centering Theory in Pronoun Resolution from the Semantic Perspective
... the centering the- ory in pronoun resolution from the seman- tic ...the centering theory from the grammatical level to the semantic level in tracking the local discourse ...the centering- ...
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Empirical Verification of Meaning-Game-based Generalization of Centering Theory with Large Japanese Corpus
... measurable quantity in terms of a reference probability. We also formulate preferences subsuming centering theory under this quantitative formulation of salience. The preferences are derived from the ...
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Context Fusion: The Role of Discourse Structure and Centering Theory
... a question to the next. We have checked how often these types of transitions occur in a real user data set and tested whether knowing which transition has occurred in an inter- action helps answering FU Qs. In (Sun and ...
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Centering theory and the Italian pronominal system
... Centering theory and the Italian pronominal system Centering theory and the Italian pronominal system B a r b a r a Di E u g e n i o * D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m p u t e r a n d I n f o r m a t i o[.] ...
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Zero Pronoun Resolution in Japanese Discourse Based on Centering Theory
... Zero Pronoun Resolution in Japanese Discourse Based on Centering Theory Z e r o P r o n o u n R e s o l u t i o n in J a p a n e s e D i s c o u r s e B a s e d o n C e n t e r i n g T h e o r y O K U[.] ...
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Specifying the Parameters of Centering Theory: a Corpus Based Evaluation using Text from Application Oriented Domains
... of centering theory typically involved a single annotator annotat- ing her corpus according to her own subjective judgment (Passonneau, 1993; Kameyama, 1998; Strube and Hahn, ...
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A Reformulation of Rule 2 of Centering Theory
... Two possible notions of local coherence are 1 overall coherence of a multi-utterance discourse segment as in the original GJW model, which stipulates preferences for coherent sequences o[r] ...
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Discourse Constraints for Document Compression
... Obtaining an appropriate representation of discourse is the first step toward creating a compression model that exploits document-level information. Our goal is to annotate documents automatically with discourse-level ...
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Adapting Coreference Resolution for Narrative Processing
... center. Centering theory is a key element of the discourse center hypothesis used in anaphora resolution (Grosz et ...the centering theory in terms of Optimality Theory (Prince and ...
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Inferable Centers, Centering Transitions, and the Notion of Coherence
... of centering theory to attempt to minimize the number of null Cbs (reasoning that the best configuration of parameters would result in the fewest violations of the constraints of the theory, in this ...
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A Corpus Based Evaluation of Centering and Pronoun Resolution
... In this paper we compare pronoun resolution algorithms and introduce a centering algorithm Left- Right Centering that adheres to the constraints and rules of centering theory and is an a[r] ...
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Pronominalization in Generated Discourse and Dialogue
... Previous approaches to pronominalization have largely been theoretical rather than applied in nature. Frequently, such meth- ods are based on Centering Theory, which deals with the resolution of anaphoric ...
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Current theories of centering for pronoun interpretation: a critical evaluation
... The fact that the BFP algorithm predicts the garden path effect exhibited by sentence 3e is particularly indicative that it embodies the motivations for centering theory.. As we noted in[r] ...
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Centering: A Parametric Theory and Its Instantiations
... Centering theory is the best-known framework for theorizing about local coherence and salience; however, its claims are articulated in terms of notions which are only partially specified, such as ...
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RAFT/RAPR and Centering: a comparison and discussion of problems related to processing complex sentences
... "Focusing and Pronoun Resolution in Particular Kinds of Complex Sentences." In Proceedings, Workshop on Centering Theory in Naturally Occurring Discourse, Institute for Research in Cogni[r] ...
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Never Look Back: An Alternative to Centering
... Never Look Back An Alternative to Centering Never Look Back An Alternative to Centering M i c h a e l Strube I R C S Institute for R e s e a r c h in C o g n i t i v e S c i e n c e U n i v e r s i t[.] ...
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Evaluating Centering Based Metrics of Coherence
... the Centering constraints might there- fore still choose the particular order in ...on Centering principles–trying to mini- mize the number of nocb s–may be sufficient to explain why this order of clauses ...
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Never Look Back: An Alternative to Centering
... The ranking criteria for the S-list are based on the distinction between hearer-old and hearer-new discourse entities and incorporate preferences for inter- and intra-sentential anaphora[r] ...
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A centering correction method for GNSS antenna diversity theory and implementation using a software receiver
... GPS is performing well in open sky situation. However, severe attenuation or blockage of signals by high buildings may leads to an insufficient number of received satellites. Antenna diversity scheme is viewed as a ...
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