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‘An Investigation of the Uses of ‘One’

This thesis project proposal explores the various forms and functions of 'one' as an anaphoric expression in natural language processing. It aims to develop a comprehensive algorithm for distinguishing different types of 'one' uses.

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‘An Investigation of the Uses of ‘One’

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  1. ‘An Investigation of the Uses of ‘One’ Richard Altwarg Thesis Project Proposal M.Sc. Speech and Language Processing Macquarie University Dept. of Linguistics

  2. Contents • Uses of ‘One’ • What is Anaphora? • Types of One-Anaphora • Why Anaphora is Important • Project Proposal: Develop ‘One’ Definition and Algorithm • Project Objectives and Benefits • Summary 2

  3. 1.0 Uses of ‘One’ One appears in many different forms and contexts, with different functions. What are they? Can they be distinguished by a computer? How? 1 3

  4. 1.1 Uses of ‘One’ One comes in different forms, with different meanings and functions: 4

  5. 1.2 Uses of ‘One’ Additional functions of ‘One’ 5

  6. 2.0 What is Anaphora? 1 Anaphora is the phenomenon of a linguistic expression which acts as a substitute or reference to some other linguistic form, which generally precedes it. For example: See the balls1 on the table? Your goal is to knock in the red ones1. (ones=balls) The process of associating 'ones' with ‘balls' in the above sentence is called anaphora resolution. • The referring word is called an anaphor. • The preceding form is called an antecedent. • The context in which the anaphor occurs is called its discourse. • Anaphors may occur within a sentence, or between sentences. 6

  7. 2.1 What is Anaphora? • Anaphors frequently appear as pronouns (including ‘one’): • John1 hit the red ball2. Please count it2 for him1. • Joy1 needs a cue2. Please bring one2 to her1. • John1 and Joy2 would like the rack3. Please bring it3 to them1&2. • John1 and Joy2 would like chalk3. Please bring them1&2some3. • But they can be a noun phrase, a description, or a verb phrase: • John1 and Joy2 would like dessert3. Please bring them1&2the sweet stuff3. • I like the billiards parlor1, the place with the skilled shooters1. 7

  8. 2.2 Anaphoric Substitution Prior researchers often characterize the relationship between an anaphor and its referent as one of substitution or reference. Here’s an example: See the balls1 on the table? Your goal is to knock in the red ones1. Real-world knowledge: information about balls In this case, the anaphor is a substitute for the antecedent. Referent: concept of ‘balls’ Antecedent: ‘balls’ Anaphor: ‘ones’ 8

  9. 2.3 Anaphoric Reference Here is an example of reference: In American pool, there are solid and striped ones1. Real-world knowledge: information about pool and balls In this case, there is no antecedent. The anaphor must be resolved through the use of other information. Referent: concept of ‘balls’ Antecedent: none Anaphor: ‘ones’ 9

  10. 3.0 Types of One-Anaphora 10

  11. 3.1 Types of One-Anaphora 11

  12. 3.2 Types of One-Anaphora 12

  13. 3.3 Summary: Types of One-Anaphora • The following types of One-Anaphora have been described: • one/ones • some • they/them • this/those • ellipsis • descriptions • This project will focus on the first four listed above. 13

  14. 4.0 Why Anaphora is Important • Anaphora appear very frequently in text and spoken dialog • Most natural language processing applications must resolve anaphors • There is no existing theory or methodology which accounts for all anaphora 14

  15. 5.0 Project Proposal • Investigate the Uses of ‘One’ • Identify the non-anaphoric and anaphoric uses of ‘one’ • Systematically reconcile existing definitions of anaphoric uses of ‘one’ • Develop a computational method for identification of uses of ‘one’ using reconciled definition 15

  16. 6.0 Project Objectives • Develop a new definition of anaphoric uses of one based on literature review and corpus analysis: • comprehensive • integrative • Develop a method of automated identification of anaphoric uses of one, resulting in several benefits: • enable others to more easily conduct research on one-anaphora • create a model which may be extensible to identification and resolution of other types of anaphora 16

  17. 7.0 Summary • Uses of ‘One’ • numeric • generic • article • Anaphoric uses of ‘one’: • one/ones • they/them • descriptional • Project Goals: • Develop a new definition of anaphoric uses of ‘one’ based on literature review and corpus analysis • Develop a method of automated identification of anaphoric uses of ‘one’ • pro-noun • anaphor • some • this/those • ellipsis 17

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