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== What is Anaphora Resolution? ==
== What is Anaphora Resolution? ==

Anaphora Resolution is the problem of resolving references to earlier items in discourse.

:'''Anaphor:''' A linguistic unit that refers to an earlier linguistic unit in discourse.

:'''Antecedent:''' The linguistic unit that the anaphor refers to.

For example,

'''Jessica''' is in the sixth grade and this is '''her''' father.

Here, "her" is the anaphor, and its antecedent is "Jessica".


== Anaphora Resolution in Apertium ==
== Anaphora Resolution in Apertium ==

Revision as of 18:17, 11 August 2019

Here you will find the documentation for the Anaphora Resolution module created during the Google Summer of Code 2019. (Proposal)

Repo: https://github.com/apertium/apertium-anaphora

What is Anaphora Resolution?

Anaphora Resolution is the problem of resolving references to earlier items in discourse.

Anaphor: A linguistic unit that refers to an earlier linguistic unit in discourse.
Antecedent: The linguistic unit that the anaphor refers to.

For example,

Jessica is in the sixth grade and this is her father.

Here, "her" is the anaphor, and its antecedent is "Jessica".

Anaphora Resolution in Apertium

How does it work?