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February 1, 1977ACM SIGART BulletinOpen Access

Pronoun resolution

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JHJerry R. Hobbs

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Overview

Randomized trial examines pronoun resolution in English texts, indicating effectiveness of algorithms and semantic operations.

Key Points

  • This research explores two methods for resolving pronouns in texts, focusing on algorithmic and semantic approaches.
  • Developed a naive algorithm based on parsing sentences and identifying noun phrases by gender and number.
  • Examined several hundred examples from published texts to evaluate the performance of the algorithm.
  • Described a comprehensive semantic system involving four operations to enhance pronoun resolution based on world knowledge.
  • The naive algorithm demonstrated good performance in pronoun resolution despite its limitations.
  • The semantic approach provided effective resolutions for previously unresolved pronouns through context-dependent inferences.
  • Examples demonstrated its effectiveness using recognized linguistic cases such as those by Winograd and Charniak.

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Jerry R. Hobbs (1977) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10d71539dd87f6d0ee6bc3https://doi.org/10.1145/1045283.1045292
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