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Definite Description Resolution

Definite Description Resolution is a computational task in natural language processing that identifies and links definite descriptions—noun phrases referring to specific entities in context—to their corresponding discourse entities, distinguishing it from other anaphora resolution tasks by focusing specifically on expressions introduced by definite determiners such as "the."

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2017–2026

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Indefinite descriptions: In defense of russell

Peter Ludlow, Stephen Neale · Linguistics and Philosophy · 1991 · 331 citations

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Social interaction and the development of definite descriptions

Werner Deutsch, Thomas Pechmann · Cognition · 1982 · 219 citations

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An Empirically Based System for Processing Definite Descriptions

Renata Vieira, Massimo Poesio · Computational Linguistics · 2000 · 198 citations · Full text

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Quantification and ACD: Evidence from Real-Time Sentence Processing

Michael Hackl, Jorie Koster-Hale, Jason Varvoutis · Journal of Semantics · 2012 · 110 citations · Full text

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Generating minimal definite descriptions

Claire Gardent · 2001 · 88 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RV
    Renata Vieira

    Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    4 publications · 299 citations

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  2. MP
    Massimo Poesio

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 277 citations

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  3. KH
    Kristiina Hintikka

    Harvard University Press, United States

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  4. JV
    Jason Varvoutis

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    1 publications · 110 citations

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  5. KE
    Kathleen E McCoy

    1 publications · 36 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    292 citations

  2. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

    São Leopoldo, Brazil

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    248 citations

  3. University of Brighton

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    662 citations

  5. Educational Testing Service

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    438 citations

  7. Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications

    Nancy, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

  8. University of Illinois System

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

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Venues

  1. Linguistics and Philosophy

    2 publications · 354 citations

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  2. Linguistic Inquiry

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  3. Analysis

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  4. Journal of Semantics

    1 publications · 110 citations

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  5. Advances in Modal Logic

    Conference · 1 publications · 19 citations

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