4 papers
On the Influence of Discourse Relations in Persuasive Texts
Nawar Turk, Sevag Kaspar, Leila Kosseim
This paper investigates the relationship between Persuasion Techniques (PTs) and Discourse Relations (DRs) by leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and prompt engineering. Since…
CLaC at DISRPT 2025: Hierarchical Adapters for Cross-Framework Multi-lingual Discourse Relation Classification
Nawar Turk, Daniele Comitogianni, Leila Kosseim
We present our submission to Task 3 (Discourse Relation Classification) of the DISRPT 2025 shared task. Task 3 introduces a unified set of 17 discourse relation labels across 39 co…
Multi-Lingual Implicit Discourse Relation Recognition with Multi-Label Hierarchical Learning
Nelson Filipe Costa, Leila Kosseim
This paper introduces the first multi-lingual and multi-label classification model for implicit discourse relation recognition (IDRR). Our model, HArch, is evaluated on the recentl…
CLaC at SemEval-2025 Task 6: A Multi-Architecture Approach for Corporate Environmental Promise Verification
Nawar Turk, Eeham Khan, Leila Kosseim
This paper presents our approach to the SemEval-2025 Task~6 (PromiseEval), which focuses on verifying promises in corporate ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reports. We…