Coreference Resolution Examples
CS 4650/7650, Prof Jacob Eisenstein
April 2018
Example
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook has jetted into China for talks
with government officials as he seeks to clear up a pile of problems
in the firm’s biggest growth market. . . Cook is on his first trip to
the country since taking over. . .
Heuristics: recency
I The doctor found an old map in the captain’s chest.
I Jim found an even older map hidden on the shelf.
I It described an island.
Heuristics: prominence
I Asha loaned Mei a book on Spanish.
I She is always trying to help people.
Heuristics: parallelism
I Asha loaned Mei a book on Spanish.
I Olya loaned her a book on Portuguese.
Beyond heuristics
I The city council denied the protesters a permit because they
feared violence.
I The city council denied the protesters a permit because they
advocated violence.
Pronouns that do not refer to entities
I They told me I was too ugly for show business, but I didn’t
believe it.
I Asha saw Babak get angry, and I saw it too.
I Asha said she worked in security. That’s one way to put it.
I Every farmer who owns a donkey beats it.
I It’s too bad we have to work so hard.
Names
Match on heads?
I [Apple Inc Chief Executive [Tim Cook]] . . . [Cook] is on his
first trip . . .
Nominals
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook has jetted into China for talks
with government officials as he seeks to clear up a pile of problems
in the firm’s biggest growth market. . . Cook is on his first trip to
the country since taking over. . .
I Talks, the firm, the firm’s biggest growth market, the country
I These seem to require world knowledge to address.