Specific Answers
- TE is about getting specific answers.
- Consequently, the system needs specifics.
- Latent Semantic Analysis won't work.
- It's different to say, Chris eats chocolate than to say
Chris does not eat chocolate.
- However, there are lots of ways to say Chris eats chocolcate.
- TE systems can get most of them, particularly as the most common
ways account for the most occurences (tautologically).
- However, they don't get them all.
- Moreover, the system needs to be told the most common ways.
- Chris, the guy giving this talk, likes chocolate.
- If full parsing fails, it can still work.
- Like is not eats.
- What about co-reference.