Manual for the Annotation of in-document Referential Relations
Annotation Data · 2007
This paper presents relevant information concerning our annotation of in-document coreference and of anaphora/cataphora. It provides a definition of the textual and semantic relation types and of the category system used for the annotation together with a description of potential markables in the framework of coreference and anaphora/cataphora resolution. It also describes the data base containing the annotated texts and gives an illustration of the annotation tools used for our task. The overall aim is to provide comprehensive and comprehensible guidelines for both users of our released data and researchers designing a similar task. Therefore, it does not only describe the annotation background and process but also unfolds the process of discussing and deciding on controversial cases in order to arrive at a reliable annotation standard. 1