Non-deterministic attribute selection in reference production

Albert Gatt; Roger van Gompel; Emiel Krahmer; Kees van Deemter

Non-deterministic attribute selection in reference production

Albert Gatt, Roger van Gompel, Emiel Krahmer, Kees van Deemter

Computing Science

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Abstract

In producing identifying descriptions, speakers often
overspecify and manifest preferences for certain at-
tributes. However, current computational models which
incorporate this observation tend not to make precise
predictions about when and how much speakers do this.
The present paper proposes and evaluates two alter-
native models, based on the results of a new experi-
ment. Unlike current models, the new ones are non-
deterministic and seek to make precise quantitative pre-
dictions about the extent to which speakers overspecify.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the CogSci workshop Production of Referring Expressions
Place of Publication	Boston
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - Jul 2011
Event	CogSci 2011 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: 20 Jul 2011 → 23 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference	CogSci 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	20/07/11 → 23/07/11

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