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Training with Dependency Language Models

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Semi-Supervised Dependency Parsing
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In this chapter, we describe an approach that enriches the feature representations for a graph-based model using a dependency language model (DLM) (Shen et al. 2008).The N-gram DLM has the ability to predict the next child based on the N − 1 immediate previous children and their head.

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Notes

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    http://mstparser.sourceforge.net

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    http://w3.msi.vxu.se/~nivre/research/Penn2Malt.html

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    We ensure that the text used for extracting subtrees do not include the sentences of the Penn Treebank.

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    http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~chinese/.

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    We exclude the sentences of the CTB data from the Gigaword data.

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    http://w3.msi.vxu.se/~nivre/research/Penn2Malt.html

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Chen, W., Zhang, M. (2015). Training with Dependency Language Models. In: Semi-Supervised Dependency Parsing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-552-5_8

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