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Evaluating NLG systems: A brief introduction

2023/03/29 by Emiel van Miltenburg, van Miltenburg, Emiel
Computer Science · #Computation and Language (cs.CL) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Natural Language Processing Techniques #Semantic Web and Ontologies #Topic Modeling

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2303.16742

openalex publication_date 2023/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This year the International Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG) will feature an award for the paper with the best evaluation. The purpose of this award is to provide an incentive for NLG researchers to pay more attention to the way they assess the output of their systems. This essay provides a short introduction to evaluation in NLG, explaining key terms and distinctions.

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