A Model of Anaphora Resolution Based on Distributional-Algebraic Approach in Analytical Models Theory of Algebraic Linguistics

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses a model of anaphora resolution based on distributional-algebraic approach in analytical models theory of algebraic linguistics. The problem of anaphora resolution is the one of recognizing properly antecedents of anaphors. Much attention has been paid to the problem of anaphora resolution by researchers in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. It is a general view among researchers that a successful mechanism of anaphora resolution should combine syntactical and semantical ingredients with an inferential apparatus based on the knowledge about the world described by the language. The approach discussed in the chapter relies on distributional-algebraic techniques of Analytical Models in Algebraic Linguistics. The usage of the term anaphora is confined to pointing-back devices of language, that is, to using a certain string (an anaphor) to refer to an object referred earlier to by another string (an antecedent). The chapter also describes anaphoric pairs and paradigmatic sequences of quasi-anaphors.