2024/03/29 by Neema Kotonya, Francesca Toni, Kotonya, Neema +1
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Computation and Language (cs.CL) #Data Quality and Management #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Scientific Computing and Data Management #Semantic Web and Ontologies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2403.20322
openalex publication_date 2024/03/29 · openalex created_date 2024/04/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
As deep neural models in NLP become more complex, and as a consequence opaque, the necessity to interpret them becomes greater. A burgeoning interest has emerged in rationalizing explanations to provide short and coherent justifications for predictions. In this position paper, we advocate for a formal framework for key concepts and properties about rationalizing explanations to support their evaluation systematically. We also outline one such formal framework, tailored to rationalizing explanations of increasingly complex structures, from free-form explanations to deductive explanations, to argumentative explanations (with the richest structure). Focusing on the automated fact verification task, we provide illustrations of the use and usefulness of our formalization for evaluating explanations, tailored to their varying structures.