An Ellipsis Detection Method Based on a Clause Parserfor Arabic Language

May 1998

Proceedings of the Eleventh International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 1998)

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Proceedings of the Eleventh International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 1998)

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Ellipsis has always been a centre of academic interest, be it in linguistic theory or in computational linguistics. In the present paper, we propose an ellipsis detection method for the Arabic language using the ATN formalism. This formalism, which is easy to implement, allows us to construct an efficient clause parser to detect ellipses in complex sentence structures. Then, we give a formal characterisation of ellipsis and a detection method based on an ATN grammar for well-formed clauses. Finally, we present some criteria to classify complex elliptical sentences in order to elaborate specific resolution algorithms.