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1. Automatic Bibliographic Extraction System (ABES) NLP Term Project
8 December 2005
Nick Gorski
3. ABES algorithm First pass names consisting of NNPs
Name extraction
Name resolution
Information extraction
Entry
Second pass names represented by pronouns
Update possible antecedents
Pronoun extraction
Pronoun/antecedent resolution
Information extraction and entry
4. Name extraction and resolution
5. Information extraction
6. Pronoun/Antecedent resolution
7. Pronoun/Antecedent resolution
8. Simple, contrived examples
9. New York Times article
11. Is ABES perfect? Of course not!
Tagging: ABES relies on the Charniak parser for tagging. When the parser makes a mistake it causes ABES to make (sometimes humorous) mistakes as well.
Pronoun/Antecedent resolution: While newspapers mostly rely on simple, predictable sentence constructions, other domains dont and sometimes newspapers can trick ABES, too.
Missed facts and actions: ABES sometimes misses useful facts (e.g. appositions that arent NPs) and actions (e.g. VPs following appositions).