Base Noun Phrase Translation Using Web Data and the EM Algorithm

We consider here the problem of Base Noun Phrase translation. We propose a new method to perform the task. For a given Base NP, we first search its translation candidates from the web. We next determine the possible translation(s) from among the candidates using one of the two methods that we have developed. In one method, we employ an ensemble of Na

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: COLING
• Authors: Yunbo Cao, Hang Li
• Keywords: Base Noun Phrase, Base Np, COLING 2002, COLING 2008, EM Algorithm