Corpora: Demonstrative pronoun resolution algorithms?

Donna Byron (dbyron@cs.rochester.edu)
Thu, 03 Dec 1998 01:50:18 -0500

I'm searching for any published algorithms or system implementations
which find the antecedents of bare demonstrative pronouns, such as
'that' in 'So that should work' or 'That's right'. Any algorithm would
be helpful, regardless of whether it was designed for text or spoken
language. I've been pouring over reference resolution literature with no
luck - so far the algorithms I've found restrict themselves to definite
pronouns (he/she/it). I'd be glad to post a summary of information I
receive if the group is interested. Thanks very much in advance for any
information you can provide.

Best Regards,

Donna Byron
University of Rochester Computer Science Department
dbyron@cs.rochester.edu
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/dbyron