ISO 24617-8 applied: insights from multilingual discourse relations annotation in english, polish, and portuguese

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2024

Authors

Tomaszewska, Aleksandra (Author) Other; Silvano, Maria da Purificação (Author) FLUP; Leal, António (Author) FLUP; Amorim, Evelin (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 20th Joint ACL - ISO Workshop on Interoperable Semantic Annotation @LREC-COLING-2024: Workshop

Pages: 99-110

ISA-20: The 20th Joint ACL - ISO Workshop on Interoperable Semantic Annotation @LREC-COLING-2024

Torino, 2024

Other information

Abstract (EN): The main objective of this study is to contribute to multilingual discourse research by employing ISO-24617 Part 8 (Semantic Relations in Discourse, Core Annotation Schema – DR-core) for annotating discourse relations. Centering around a parallel discourse relations corpus that includes English, Polish, and European Portuguese, we initiate one of the few ISO-based comparative analyses through a multilingual corpus that aligns discourse relations across these languages. In this paper, we discuss the project’s contributions, including the annotated corpus, research findings, and statistics related to the use of discourse relations. The paper further discusses the challenges encountered in complying with the ISO standard, such as defining the scope of arguments and annotating specific relation types like Expansion. Our findings highlight the necessity for clearer definitions of certain discourse relations and more precise guidelines for argument spans, especially concerning the inclusion of connectives. Additionally, the study underscores the importance of ongoing collaborative efforts to broaden the inclusion of languages and more comprehensive datasets, with the objective of widening the reach of ISO-guided multilingual discourse research.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific