On the role of old information in generating readable text
Mark Vincent LaPolla · 1988
NOSVO is a Natural Language Generation postprocessor which is sensitive to old/new information contrasts. We believe that generating old information first establishes cohesion in text promoting readability. This paper describes the NOSVO system in detail and the motivations for building it. We also provide a phychological and computational definition of "old" and "new" information.