Papers by Kees van Deemter
Computational Modelling of Plurality and Definiteness in Chinese Noun Phrases (2024.lrec-main)
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| Challenge: | linguists have suggested that some languages are "cooler" than others because of their contexts. |
| Approach: | They propose to omit plurality and definiteness markers in Chinese noun phrases . they build a corpus of Chinese NPs accompanied by its context . |
| Outcome: | The proposed model predicts the plurality and definiteness of Chinese noun phrases (NPs) it shows that speakers drop plurality markers very frequently, and that they are more likely to drop pronouns . |
A Linguistic Perspective on Reference: Choosing a Feature Set for Generating Referring Expressions in Context (2020.coling-main)
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| Challenge: | Various studies have raised the question of which factors play a role in the choice of referring expressions. |
| Approach: | They propose to use Feature Importance Ranking and Sequential Forward Search to evaluate the “importance” of features in machine learning algorithms for selecting the form of a referring expression in discourse context. |
| Outcome: | The proposed feature set includes 6 features from 4 classes, namely grammatical role, inherent features of the referent, antecedent form and recency. |
Understanding the Use of Quantifiers in Mandarin (2022.findings-aacl)
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| Challenge: | a corpus of short texts in Mandarin is analyzed to examine the "coolness" hypothesis . quantified expressions are used to describe short texts, but are not as informative as English . |
| Approach: | They propose a corpus of Mandarin in which quantified expressions figure prominently. |
| Outcome: | The proposed corpus of short texts in Mandarin is compared with an English corpus. |