1998/06/25 by Michael Strube
Computer Science · #cmp-lg #cs.CL
published as Proceedings of COLING-ACL '98 · 7 pages, uses colacl.sty, epsfig.sty, times.sty, lingmacros.sty
arxiv created 1998/06/25 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
I propose a model for determining the hearer's attentional state which depends solely on a list of salient discourse entities (S-list). The ordering among the elements of the S-list covers also the function of the backward-looking center in the centering model. The ranking criteria for the S-list are based on the distinction between hearer-old and hearer-new discourse entities and incorporate preferences for inter- and intra-sentential anaphora. The model is the basis for an algorithm which operates incrementally, word by word.