| Challenge: | Existing tools for natural language resolution fail to handle ambiguous referents . ambiguity arises when the language is underspecified or there are multiple candidate referent. |
| Approach: | They investigate how pragmatic modulators outside of the linguistic content are critical for correct interpretation of referents in underspecified contexts. |
| Outcome: | The proposed method can be used to resolve referents in human environments. |
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