Accession Number:

ADA459462

Title:

Identifying Semantic Roles Using Combinatory Categorial Grammar

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

PENNSYLVANIA UNIV PHILADELPHIA

Personal Author(s):

• Gildea, Daniel
• Hockenmaier, Julia

Report Date:

2003-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

We present a system for automatically identifying PropBank-style semantic roles based on the output of a statistical parser for Combinatory Categorical Grammar. This system performs at least as well as a system based on a traditional Treebank parser, and outperforms it on core argument roles.

Descriptors:

• *SEMANTICS
• *PARSERS
• STATISTICS

Subject Categories:

• Linguistics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE