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NAACL
2007
13 years 6 months ago
A Unified Local and Global Model for Discourse Coherence
Micha Elsner, Joseph Austerweil, Eugene Charniak
ACL
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Veins Theory: A Model of Global Discourse Cohesion and Coherence
In this paper, we propose a generalization of Centering Theory (CT) (Grosz, Joshi, Weinstein 1995) called Veins Theory (VT), which extends the applicability of centering rules fro...
Dan Cristea, Nancy Ide, Laurent Romary
COLING
2008
13 years 5 months ago
Modeling Local Coherence: An Entity-Based Approach
This paper considers the problem of automatic assessment of local coherence. We present a novel entity-based representation of discourse which is inspired by Centering Theory and ...
Regina Barzilay, Mirella Lapata
NAACL
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Evaluating Multiple Aspects of Coherence in Student Essays
CriterionSM Online Essay Evaluation Service includes a capability that labels sentences in student writing with essay-based discourse elements (e.g., thesis statements). We descri...
Derrick Higgins, Jill Burstein, Daniel Marcu, Clau...
ACL
1998
13 years 6 months ago
A Preliminary Model of Centering in Dialog
The centering framework explains local coherence by relating local focus and the form of referring expressions. It has proven useful in monolog, but its utility for multiparty dis...
Donna K. Byron, Amanda Stent