Towards automatic extraction of definitions
Claudia Borg, Mike Rosner, Gordon J. Pace · OAR@UM (University of Malta) · 2007
Abstract. Definition Extraction can be useful for the creation of glossaries and in Question Answering Systems. It is a tedious task to extract such sentences manually, and thus an automatic system is desirable. In this work we will review some attempts at rule-based approaches and discuss their results. We will then propose a novel experiment involving Genetic Programming and Genetic Algorithms, aimed at assisting the discovery of grammar rules which can be used for the task of Definition Extraction. 1