Understanding pronominal references to quantified expressions

  • Authors:
  • Elise H. Turner;Collette M. Matthias

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA, e-mail: eht@umcs.maine.edu;Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Co., PO Box 868, MER15-2403, Nashua, NH 03061, USA, e-mail: collette.m.matthias@lmco.com

  • Venue:
  • Natural Language Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

Quantified expressions present an interesting case for understanding pronominal reference because the quantifier which appears in the expression affects how the pronoun will be understood. The quantifier determines which sets will be placed in focus and predicts the relation between the sentence containing the quantifier and the following sentence (Moxey and Sanford 1993a). This information is essential to understanding the pronominal reference. In this paper, we discuss how a natural language processing system can take advantage of this information to understand pronominal references to quantified expressions.