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The Mitkov Algorithm for Anaphora Resolution in Portuguese

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Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language (PROPOR 2008)

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This paper reports on the use of the Mitkov´s algorithm for resolution of third person pronouns in texts written in Brazilian Portuguese. A system for anaphora resolution was built that embeds most of the Mitkov’s features. Some of his resolution factors were directly incorporated into the system; others had to be slightly modified for language adequacy. The resulting approach was intrinsically evaluated on hand-annotated corpora. It was also compared to Lappin & Leass’s algorithm, also customized to pronoun resolution in Portuguese. Success rate was the only evaluation measure used.

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    Amanda Rocha Chaves & Lucia Helena Machado Rino

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Chaves, A.R., Rino, L.H.M. (2008). The Mitkov Algorithm for Anaphora Resolution in Portuguese. In: Teixeira, A., de Lima, V.L.S., de Oliveira, L.C., Quaresma, P. (eds) Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language. PROPOR 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5190. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85980-2_6

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