Event coreference for information extraction

  • Authors:
  • Kevin Humphreys;Robert Gaizauskas;Saliha Azzam

  • Affiliations:
  • The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK;The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK;The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

  • Venue:
  • ANARESOLUTION '97 Proceedings of a Workshop on Operational Factors in Practical, Robust Anaphora Resolution for Unrestricted Texts
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

We propose a general approach for performing event coreference and for constructing complex event representations, such as those required for information extraction tasks. Our approach is based on a representation which allows a tight coupling between world or conceptual modelling and discourse modelling. The representation and the coreference mechanism are fully implemented within the LaSIE information extraction system where the mechanism is used for both object (noun phrase) and event coreference resolution. Indirect evaluation of the approach shows small, but significant benefit, for information extraction tasks.