A discourse coherence model for analyzing Chinese students' essay

Guimin Huang, Min Tan, Sirui Huang, Ruyu Mo, Ya Zhou

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Abstract

Many attempts on improving entity grid model have been made and boost the research on text coherence. However, only a few of them applied it to noisy data domain and students' essay. Thus, we proposed a novel discourse coherence model, which is based on entity grid model, to evaluate coherence on Chinese students' essay. In allusion to the feature of Chinese students' essay, frequently using lexical repetition and coreference methods in coherence essay, we designed a coreference module, instead of clustering algorithm or knowledge base search methods, to integrate with the enhanced coherence model. In addition, we fully merged coreference feature into similarity assessment of adjacent sentences, and the semantic coherence. Experiments show that our model outperforms entity-based model and LSA methods and has an ideal effect on students' essay automatic assessment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2017 International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages430-434
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538619773
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2017 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 15 Dec 201717 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2017 International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2017

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period15/12/1717/12/17

Keywords

  • Chinese Students' Essay
  • Coreference Module
  • Discourse Coherence Model
  • Entity Chain Grid

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