Non-deterministic attribute selection in reference production

Albert Gatt; Roger van Gompel; Emiel Krahmer; Kees van Deemter

Non-deterministic attribute selection in reference production

Albert Gatt
, Roger van Gompel
, Emiel Krahmer
, Kees van Deemter

Computing Science

University of Dundee
University of Malta
Tilburg University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Abstract

In producing identifying descriptions, speakers often
overspecify and manifest preferences for certain attributes. However, current computational models which
incorporate this observation tend not to make precise
predictions about when and how much speakers do this.
The present paper proposes and evaluates two alternative models, based on the results of a new experiment. Unlike current models, the new ones are nondeterministic and seek to make precise quantitative predictions about the extent to which speakers overspecify.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the CogSci workshop Production of Referring Expressions
Subtitle of host publication	Bridging the gap between computational, empirical and theoretical approaches to reference
Place of Publication	Boston
Publisher	Cognitive Science Society
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - Jul 2011
Event	PRE-CogSci 2011 - Boston, United States Duration: 20 Jul 2011 → 20 Jul 2011 https://pre2011.uvt.nl/

Workshop

Workshop	PRE-CogSci 2011
Abbreviated title	PRE-CogSci 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	20/07/11 → 20/07/11
Internet address	https://pre2011.uvt.nl/

Bibliographical note

This work forms part of the project Bridging the gap between psycholinguistics and computational linguistics: the case of Referring Expressions. Albert Gatt and Emiel Krahmer were supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

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Non-deterministic attribute selection in reference production. / Gatt, Albert; van Gompel, Roger; Krahmer, Emiel et al.
Proceedings of the CogSci workshop Production of Referring Expressions: Bridging the gap between computational, empirical and theoretical approaches to reference. Boston: Cognitive Science Society, 2011.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Gatt, A, van Gompel, R, Krahmer, E & van Deemter, K 2011, Non-deterministic attribute selection in reference production. in Proceedings of the CogSci workshop Production of Referring Expressions: Bridging the gap between computational, empirical and theoretical approaches to reference. Cognitive Science Society, Boston, PRE-CogSci 2011 , Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 20/07/11. <https://pre2011.uvt.nl/pdf/precogsci2011.pdf>

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