DefinitionCoreference resolution is thetask ofdetermining linguisticexpressionsthat refer to the same real-world entitylevent in natural language>EntitycoreferenceresolutionDrugEmporiumInc.saidGaryWilberwasnamedCEO of thisdrugstorechain. He succeeds his father, Philip T. Wilber, who founded the companyand remains chairman.Robert E.Lyons Ill, who headed the company'sPhiladelphia region, was appointed president and chief operating officersucceedingGaryWilber.>EventcoreferenceresolutionGeorgesCiprianileftaprisoninEnsisheiminnorthernFranceonparoleon Wednesday.He departed the prison in a policevehicle bound for anopenprisonnearStrasbourg
Definition Coreference resolution is the task of determining linguistic expressions that refer to the same real-world entity/event in natural language Entity coreference resolution Event coreference resolution Drug Emporium Inc. said Gary Wilber was named CEO of this drugstore chain. He succeeds his father, Philip T. Wilber, who founded the company and remains chairman. Robert E. Lyons III, who headed the company’s Philadelphia region, was appointed president and chief operating officer, succeeding Gary Wilber. Georges Cipriani left a prison in Ensisheim in northern France on parole on Wednesday. He departed the prison in a police vehicle bound for an open prison near Strasbourg
TerminologyMentionJohntold Sallythat she should come watchhimplaytheviolinAntecedentJohntold Sallythat sheshould comewatchhimplaytheviolinAnaphoricJohn told Sally that she should come watch him play the violin.CoreferentJohn told Sally that she should come watch him play the violin.ClusterJohn told Sallythat she should come watch him play the violin
Terminology Mention John told Sally that she should come watch him play the violin. Antecedent John told Sally that she should come watch him play the violin. Anaphoric John told Sally that she should come watch him play the violin. Coreferent John told Sally that she should come watch him play the violin. Cluster John told Sally that she should come watch him play the violin
ApplicationFull text understanding.information extraction,question answeringsummarization,..“After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney(Who?)and an academic"Obama was borninHonolulu,Hawaii.After graduatingfromColumbiaUniversityin1983,heworkedasa communityorganizer in Chicago.In 1988,heenrolled in Harvard LawSchool,wherehewasthefirstblackpresidentoftheHarvaroLawReview.Aftergraduating,hebecamea civil rightsattorney and an academic,teaching constitutional law attheUniversityofChicagoLawSchoolfrom1992to2004
Application • Full text understanding • information extraction, question answering, summarization, . • “After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic” (Who?) Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004
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ApplicationFull text understandingMachinetranslationDialogue Systems"Book tickets to see James Bond”"Spectre is playing near you at 2:00 and 3:00 today.How manytickets would youlike?""Two tickets for the showing at three"交通大学
Application • Full text understanding • Machine translation • Dialogue Systems “Book tickets to see James Bond” “Spectre is playing near you at 2:00 and 3:00 today. How many tickets would you like?” “Two tickets for the showing at three