An Empirical Investigation of the Relation Between Discourse Structure and Co-Reference

We compare the potential of two classes of linear and hierarchical models of discourse to determine co-reference links and resolve anaphors. The comparison uses a corpus of thirty texts, which were manually annotated for co-reference and discourse structure.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: COLING
• Authors: Dan Cristea, Nancy Ide, Daniel Marcu, Valentin Tablan
• Keywords: COLING 2000, COLING 2008, Discourse, Discourse Structure, Hierarchical Models