A Domain-Specific Dataset of Difficulty Ratings for German Noun Compounds in the Domains DIY, Cooking and Automotive (2020.lrec-1)
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| Challenge: | a dataset with difficulty ratings for 1,030 closed noun compounds is presented . authors use a simple compound splitter to identify compound types in domain-specific texts . |
| Approach: | They present a German closed noun compound dataset with difficulty ratings . they used a simple compound splitter to identify compounds in texts . |
| Outcome: | The proposed dataset has difficulty ratings for 1,030 closed noun compounds extracted from domain-specific texts for do-it-ourself, cooking and automotive. |
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