Cooperation between pronoun and reference resolution for unrestricted texts

  • Authors:
  • Andrei Popescu-Belis;Isabelle Robba

  • Affiliations:
  • LIMSI - CNRS, Orsay Cedex, France;LIMSI - CNRS, Orsay Cedex, France

  • 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

Anaphora resolution is envisaged in this paper as part of the reference resolution process. A general open architecture is proposed, which can be particularized and configured in order to simulate some classic anaphora resolution methods. With the aim of improving pronoun resolution, the system takes advantage of elementary cues about characters of the text, which are represented through a particular data structure. In its most robust configuration, the system uses only a general lexicon, a local morphosyntactic parser and a dictionary of synonyms. A short comparative corpus analysis shows that narrative texts are the most suitable for testing such a system.