APhrase-BasedModelofAlignmentforNaturalLanguage.pptVIP

A Phrase-Based Model of Alignmentfor Natural Language Inference Bill MacCartney, Michel Galley, and Christopher D. Manning Stanford University 26 October 2008 Natural language inference (NLI) (aka RTE) Does premise P justify an inference to hypothesis H? An informal notion of inference; variability of linguistic expression Alignment example Approaches to NLI alignment NLI alignment vs. MT alignment Doubtful — NLI alignment differs in several respects: Monolingual: can exploit resources like WordNet Asymmetric: P often longer has content unrelated to H Cannot assume semantic equivalence NLI a