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一、任务定义
共指消解(coreference resolution):Identify all mentions that refer to the same real world entity,找到所有指向真实世界中同一entity的mention。
例如,在下面这个例子中,Barack Obama,his,he均指代Barack Obama,而Hillary Rodham Clinton、secretary of state、her、she、First Lady均指代Hillary Rodham Clinton。
Barack Obama nominated Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday. He chose her because she had foreign affairs experience as a former First Lady.
概念对比
回指
The use of a word that refers to or replaces another word used earlier in a sentence when a term (anaphor照应) refers to another term (antecedent先行词)
回指是一种语言现象,即下文的词返指或代替上文的词。其中,被指代的上文中的词称之为先行词(antecedent),指代称为照应(anaphor)。
回指又可以分为两种:代词回指(pronominal anaphora),以及桥接回指(bridging anaphora)。
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代词回指:照应通常是代词,需要找到代词对应的先行词。
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桥接回指:在桥接回指中,照应和先行词都是具体指代,但是这两个指代之间存在一定的照应,或者说解释关系,例如下文中的“a concert”和“The tickets”:
We went to see a concert last night. The tickets were really expensive.
在回指中,照应的解释在一定程度上依赖于先行词,重点在于找到指代对应的先行词;而对于共指,指代的解释取决于指代本身,重点在于判断指代之间是否具有共指关系,如图所示: