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| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Natural Language Engineering |
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| Publication status | Published - 27 Feb 2017 |
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Generating natural language descriptions using speaker-dependent information. / Castro Ferreira, Thiago; Paraboni, Ivandré.
In: Natural Language Engineering, 27.02.2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Generating natural language descriptions using speaker-dependent information
AU - Castro Ferreira, Thiago
AU - Paraboni, Ivandré
PY - 2017/2/27
Y1 - 2017/2/27
N2 - This paper discusses the issue of human variation in natural language referring expression generation. We introduce a model of content selection that takes speaker-dependent information into account to produce descriptions that closely resemble those produced by each individual, as seen in a number of reference corpora. Results show that our speaker-dependent referring expression generation model outperforms alternatives that do not take human variation into account, or which do so less extensively, and suggest that the use of machine-learning methods may be an ideal approach to mimic complex referential behaviour.
AB - This paper discusses the issue of human variation in natural language referring expression generation. We introduce a model of content selection that takes speaker-dependent information into account to produce descriptions that closely resemble those produced by each individual, as seen in a number of reference corpora. Results show that our speaker-dependent referring expression generation model outperforms alternatives that do not take human variation into account, or which do so less extensively, and suggest that the use of machine-learning methods may be an ideal approach to mimic complex referential behaviour.
U2 - 10.1017/S1351324917000079
DO - 10.1017/S1351324917000079
M3 - Article
JO - Natural Language Engineering
JF - Natural Language Engineering
SN - 1351-3249
ER -