Enhancing Grammatical Error Correction Systems with Explanations (2023.acl-long)
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| Challenge: | To help language learners better understand why the GEC system makes a correction, the causes of errors and the corresponding error types are two key factors. |
| Approach: | They propose to annotate large dataset with evidence words and grammatical error types to help language learners better understand corrections. |
| Outcome: | The proposed model can be validated by human evaluation and can be used to help second-language learners decide whether to accept a correction suggestion and understand the associated grammar rule. |
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