Bridging Textual Ellipses

We present a hybrid text understanding methodology for the resolution of textual ellipsis. It integrates language-independent conceptual criteria and language-dependent functional constraints. The methodological framework for text ellipsis resolution is the centering model that has been adapted to constraints reflecting the functional information structure within utterances, i.e., the distinction between context-bound and unbound discourse elements.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1996
• Where: COLING
• Authors: Udo Hahn, Michael Strube, Katja Markert
• Keywords: COLING 1996, COLING 2008, Language-dependent Functional Constraints, Text Ellipsis Resolution, Textual Ellipsis