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Discourse relation

A discourse relation (also coherence relation or rhetorical relation) is a description of how two segments of discourse are logically and/or structurally connected to one another.

Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST), Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT) & Overview

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Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST)

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Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT)

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Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST)

Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT)

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Discourse relation

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples69
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 40
Discourse relation → Alex Lascarides, Alistair Knott, An Algorithmic Framework, Asher, Attention, Barbara, Cambridge University Press, Candice, Computational Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Computer, Conversation, Discourse, Discourse Relations, DSM, Easily Identifiable Discourse Relations, Emily, Grosz, Information Science Technical Report, Intentions
related to Penn Discourse Treebank (PDTB) · 15
Discourse relation → Both, For, Hobbs, In, Knott, Mann, PDTB, Penn Discourse Treebank, RST, SDRT, Starting, The, This, Thompson, Unlike RST
related to Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT) · 8
Discourse relation → Asher, Content-level, Discourse Representation Theory, DRT, In, Lascarides, RST-style, SDRT
related to Hobbs's coherence relations · 4
Discourse relation → He, His, In, Jerry Hobbs

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discourse relations relation rst coherence text structure inventory sdrt theory annotation another pdtb rhetorical tree widely theories one connected proposed

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RSTinstance ofso that theories0.80text
SDRT effectively postulate tree structuresinstance ofso that theories0.80text
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyAsher0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyNicholas0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyAlex Lascarides0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyLogics0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyConversation0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyStudies0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyNatural Language Processing0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyCambridge University Press0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyISBN0.60section
Discourse relationrelated to BibliographyEmily0.60section

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