Computation of modifier scope in NP by a language-neutral method

Authors:
Richard Campbell
Affiliations:
Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA
Venue:
COLING '02 Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Computational linguistics - Volume 1
Year:
2002

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Abstract

The relative logical scope of multiple modifiers within NP is often semantically significant. This paper proposes a structurally based method for computing the relative scope of such modifiers, based on their order, type, and syntactic complexity. The algorithm is language-neutral, in that it works with minimal errors for a wide range of languages without language-specific stipulations.