@inproceedings{3adadfd888734d93b0fb3ae32d84dfa6,
title = "Anaphora resolution involving interactive knowledge acquisition",
abstract = "Anaphora resolution in current computer-processable controlled natural languages relies mainly on syntactic information, accessibility constraints and the distance of the anaphoric expression to its antecedent. This design decision has the advantage that a text can be processed automatically without any additional ontological knowledge, but it has the disadvantage that the author is severely restricted in using anaphoric expressions while writing a text. I will argue that we can allow for a wider range of anaphoric expressions whose resolution requires inference-supporting knowledge, if we consider the anaphora resolution process as an interactive knowledge acquisition process in those cases where no suitable noun phrase antecedent can be found. In particular, I will focus on definite descriptions that stand in a synonymy, subclass/superclass or part-whole relation to their noun phrase antecedent, and show how the original anaphora resolution algorithm of PENG Light can be extended in a systematic way in order to take care of these bridging definite descriptions. The solution to this problem also sheds some light on the adequate treatment of part-whole relations in a controlled natural language context.",
author = "Rolf Schwitter",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-14418-9_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "3642144179",
volume = "5972 LNAI",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer, Springer Nature",
pages = "36--55",
editor = "Fuchs, {Norbert E.}",
booktitle = "Controlled Natural Language",
address = "United States",
note = "Workshop on Controlled Natural Language, CNL 2009 ; Conference date: 08-06-2009 Through 10-06-2009",
}