2 papers
cs.CL2001
Rule Writing or Annotation: Cost-efficient Resource Usage for Base Noun Phrase Chunking
Grace Ngai, David Yarowsky
This paper presents a comprehensive empirical comparison between two approaches for developing a base noun phrase chunker: human rule writing and active learning using interactive…
cs.CL2001
Dynamic Nonlocal Language Modeling via Hierarchical Topic-Based Adaptation
Radu Florian, David Yarowsky
This paper presents a novel method of generating and applying hierarchical, dynamic topic-based language models. It proposes and evaluates new cluster generation, hierarchical smoo…