A Dataset for Arabic Textual Entailment

Maytham Alabbas

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Abstract

There are fewer resources for textual entailment(TE) for Arabic than for other languages,and the manpower for constructingsuch a resource is hard to come by.We describe here a semi-automatic techniquefor creating a first dataset for TEsystems for Arabic using an extension ofthe ‘headline-lead paragraph’ technique.We also sketch the difficulties inherent involunteer annotators-based judgment, anddescribe a regime to ameliorate some ofthese.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationhost publication
Pages7-13
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2013
EventThe Student Research Workshop associated with RANLP 2013 - Hissar, Bulgaria
Duration: 9 Sept 201311 Sept 2013

Conference

ConferenceThe Student Research Workshop associated with RANLP 2013
CityHissar, Bulgaria
Period9/09/1311/09/13

Keywords

  • Textual entailment
  • Arabic dataset

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