Prediction of maximal projection for semantic role labeling

  • Authors:
  • Weiwei Sun;Zhifang Sui;Haifeng Wang

  • Affiliations:
  • Peking University, Beijing, China;Peking University, Beijing, China;Toshiba (China) R&D Center, Beijing, China

  • Venue:
  • COLING '08 Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computational Linguistics - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In Semantic Role Labeling (SRL), arguments are usually limited in a syntax subtree. It is reasonable to label arguments locally in such a sub-tree rather than a whole tree. To identify active region of arguments, this paper models Maximal Projection (MP), which is a concept in D-structure from the projection principle of the Principle and Parameters theory. This paper makes a new definition of MP in S-structure and proposes two methods to predict it: the anchor group approach and the single anchor approach. The anchor group approach achieves an accuracy of 87.75% and the single anchor approach achieves 83.63%. Experimental results also indicate that the prediction of MP improves semantic role labeling.