Implicit discourse relation identification based on tree structure neural network

Ruiying Geng*, Ping Jian, Yingxue Zhang, Heyan Huang

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Abstract

This paper presents a tree structure neural network to predict the sense of implicit discourse relation in English. Tree structure neural network, also called recursive neural network, has been proved to be powerful in modeling compositionality in natural language using parse tree based structural representations. By integrating the semantic information along the parse trees, the tree structure neural network shows its superiority in capturing the structure information and composition semantics, which is meaningful for the deep semantic problems, such as sentiment analysis and discourse structure understanding. Experimental results obtained on Penn Discourse Tree Bank show that the tree structure neural network is more effective to predict the logical semantic relations between discourse texts when compared with the traditional shallow feature classifiers and sequential deep semantic models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2017
EditorsRong Tong, Yue Zhang, Yanfeng Lu, Minghui Dong
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages334-337
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538619803
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2017
Event21st International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2017 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 5 Dec 20177 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2017
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Asian Language Processing, IALP 2017
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period5/12/177/12/17

Keywords

  • discourse relation
  • parse tree
  • tree structure neural network

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