A Statistical Model of Nominal Anaphora
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چکیده
In this paper, we present an analysis of nominal anaphora along with a probabilistic model of nominal anaphora resolution. Throughout this work we focus on non-pronominal anaphora. The goal of this work is to present a viable probabilistic model that is consistent with the ideas of theoretical linguistics and the results of experimental psycholinguistics. Where applicable, we present research which motivated the model derivation. This work differs from previous work in that it is completely statistical and isolates the task of non-pronominal noun-phrase coreference. Finally, we present the experimental results of an implementation of the proposed probabilistic model.
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