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Author: Liu, Fei × Subject: natural language processing × Start date: 2013 ×

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    Memory-augmented neural networks for better discourse understanding
    Liu, Fei ( 2019)
    Discourse understanding, due to the multi-sentence nature of discourse, requires consideration of larger contexts, capturing long-range dependencies, and modelling the interactions of entities. While conventional models are unable to keep information stably over long timescales, memory-augmented models are better capable of storing and accessing knowledge, making them well-suited for discourse. In this thesis, we introduce a number of methods for improving memory-augmented models to better understand discourse, validating the utility of memory and establishing a firm base for future studies to build upon.
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    Automatic identification of locative expressions from informal text
    Liu, Fei ( 2013)
    Informal place descriptions that are rich in locative expressions can be found in various contexts. The ability to extract locative expressions from such informal place descriptions is at the centre of improving the quality of services, such as interpreting geographical queries and emergency calls. While much attention has been focused on the identification of formal place references (e.g., Rathmines Road) from natu- ral language, people tend to make heavy use of informal place references (e.g., my bedroom). This research addresses the problem by developing a model that is able to automatically identify locative expressions from informal text. Moreover, we study and discover insights of what aspects are helpful in the identification task. Utilising an existing manually annotated corpus, we re-annotate locative expressions and use them as the gold standard. Having the gold standard ready, we take a machine learning approach to the identification task with well-reasoned features based on observation and intuition. Further, we study the impacts of various feature setups on the performance of the model and provide analyses of experiment results. With the best performing feature setup, the model is able to achieve significant increase in performance over the baseline systems.