Volume 8, Number 5

Pronoun Disambiguation: with Application to the Winograd Schema Challenge

  Authors

Martin J Wheatman, Yagadi Ltd

  Abstract

A value-based approach to Natural Language Understanding, in particular, the disambiguation of pronouns, is illustrated with a solution to a typical example from the Winograd Schema Challenge. The worked example uses a language engine, Enguage, to support the articulation of the advocation and fearing of violence. The example illustrates the indexical nature of pronouns, and how their values, their referent objects, change because they are set by contextual data. It must be noted that Enguage is not a suitable candidate for addressing the Winograd Schema Challenge as it is an interactive tool, whereas the Challenge requires a preconfigured, unattended program.

  Keywords

Natural Language Understanding, Winograd Schema Challenge, Enguage, Interactive Computation, Peircean Semiotics.