This article proposes a novel framework for representing and measuring local coherence.
Central to this approach is the entity-grid representation of discourse, which captures …

One of the biggest challenges in the development and deployment of spoken dialogue
systems is the design of the spoken language generation module. This challenge arises …

Many theories of discourse propose that a coherent text is one whose clauses, sentences
and text spans (or perhaps the propositions expressed by these text units) stand in particular …

The process of microplanning in natural language generation (NLG) encompasses a range
of problems in which a generator must bridge underlying domain‐specific representations …

We present an implementation of a discourse parsing system for alexicalized Tree-Adjoining
Grammar for discourse, specifying the integrationof sentence and discourse level …

Marcu has characterised an important and difficult problem in text planning: given a set of
facts' to convey and a set of rhetorical relations that can be used to link them together, how …

Models of discourse structure and processing are crucial for constructing computational
systems capable of interpreting and generating natural language. Research on discourse …

This paper presents an investigation into the problem of content determination in natural
language generation (NLG), using as an example the problem of determining what to say …

Lacking robust, reliable theories, NLG must rely on corpus analysis to suggest preferences
in and constraints on DR realization. GOAL: To show how the Penn Discourse TreeBank …

This paper describes an evaluation of an intelligent labelling explorer (ILEX), a system that
dynamically generates text labels for exhibits in a museum jewellery gallery. In the …