acl acl2011 acl2011-194 acl2011-194-reference knowledge-graph by maker-knowledge-mining

194 acl-2011-Language Use: What can it tell us?


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Author: Marjorie Freedman ; Alex Baron ; Vasin Punyakanok ; Ralph Weischedel

Abstract: For 20 years, information extraction has focused on facts expressed in text. In contrast, this paper is a snapshot of research in progress on inferring properties and relationships among participants in dialogs, even though these properties/relationships need not be expressed as facts. For instance, can a machine detect that someone is attempting to persuade another to action or to change beliefs or is asserting their credibility? We report results on both English and Arabic discussion forums. 1


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