Presentation 1995/7/20
An Estimate of Referents of Pronouns in Japanese Sentences using Examples and Surface Expressions
Masaki Murata, Makoto Nagao,
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Abstract(in English) It is necessary to clarify referents of pronouns in machine translation and conversational processing. We present a method of estimating referents of pronouns in Japanese sentences using examples, surface expressions, topics and focuses. In conventional work semantic markers have been used for semantic constraints. On the other hand, we use examples for semantic constraints and show that examples are as useful as semantic markers through control experiments. We also propose to use examples of the form "A of B" for estimating referents of demonstrative adjectives.
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Keyword(in English) machine translation / anaphora / referent / example / surface expression / control experiment
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Title (in English) An Estimate of Referents of Pronouns in Japanese Sentences using Examples and Surface Expressions
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Keyword(1) machine translation
Keyword(2) anaphora
Keyword(3) referent
Keyword(4) example
Keyword(5) surface expression
Keyword(6) control experiment
1st Author's Name Masaki Murata
1st Author's Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University()
2nd Author's Name Makoto Nagao
2nd Author's Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University
Date 1995/7/20
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Volume (vol) vol.95
Number (no) 168
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 8
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