DISAMBIGUATION OF DEPENDENT REFERRING EXPRESSION IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
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1. A method for disambiguation of dependent referring expression in natural language processing, the method comprising:
- selecting a portion of a document in a set of documents, the portion including a set of dependent referring expression instances;
filtering the portion to identify an instance from a set of dependent referring expression instances by using a linguistic characteristic of the instance, the instance of dependent referring expression referring to a full expression occurring in the set of documents;
locating the full expression in one member document in the set of documents by locating where the dependent referring expression is defined to be a stand-in for the full expression; and
resolving, using a processor and a memory, the instance using the full expression such that information about the full expression is available at a location of the instance.
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Abstract
A method for disambiguation of dependent referring expression in natural language processing is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A portion of a document in a set of document is selected, the portion including a set of dependent referring expression instances. The portion is filtered to identify an instance from a set of dependent referring expression instances by using a linguistic characteristic of the instance, the instance of dependent referring expression referring to a full expression occurring in the set of documents. The full expression is located in one member document in the set of documents by locating where the dependent referring expression is defined to be a stand-in for the full expression. The instance is resolved using the full expression such that information about the full expression is available at a location of the instance.
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1. A method for disambiguation of dependent referring expression in natural language processing, the method comprising:
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selecting a portion of a document in a set of documents, the portion including a set of dependent referring expression instances; filtering the portion to identify an instance from a set of dependent referring expression instances by using a linguistic characteristic of the instance, the instance of dependent referring expression referring to a full expression occurring in the set of documents; locating the full expression in one member document in the set of documents by locating where the dependent referring expression is defined to be a stand-in for the full expression; and resolving, using a processor and a memory, the instance using the full expression such that information about the full expression is available at a location of the instance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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