The clarity-brevity trade-off in generating referring expressions

Imtiaz Hussain Khan*, Graeme Ritchie, Kees Van Deemter

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Abstract

Existing algorithms for the Generation of Referring Expressions (GRE) aim at generating descriptions that allow a hearer to identify its intended referent uniquely; the length of the expression is also considered, usually as a secondary issue. We explore the possibility of making the trade-off between these two factors more explicit, via a general cost function which scores these two aspects separately. We sketch some more complex phenomena which might be amenable to this treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCOLING/ACL 2006
Subtitle of host publicationINLG-06 - 4th International Natural Language Generation Conference, Proceedings of the Conference
Pages89-91
Number of pages3
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event4th International Natural Language Generation Conference, INLG-06 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Duration: 15 Jul 200616 Jul 2006

Conference

Conference4th International Natural Language Generation Conference, INLG-06
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney, NSW
Period15/07/0616/07/06

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