Improved Parser for Simple Croatian Sentences Kristina Vučković, Božo Bekavac, Zdravko Dovedan University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences {kvuckovi, ffzg.hr NooJ2010 Komotini, Greece

NooJ2010 Komotini 2/12 Problems  if there is a nominal predicate  if the node is a coordination made of 2 or more ’s of different gender  ex.  The child was very smart. -> The child was ->was very smart.  ex.  The boy and a girl were very smart. ->The boy and a girl => Last Year’s Solved

NooJ2010 Komotini 3/12 Nominal Predicate  simple  single noun  He is a boy.  complex  single noun + any number of adjectives, pronouns, numerals proceeding and agreeing with the noun in number, gender and case  He is my young friend.  single pronoun  He is mine.  single adjective  He is young.  single numeral  He is the first.  adverb  He is great. redefined

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Examples  Pravda i opraštanje su dva temeljna stupa mira.  Justice and forgiveness are two main pillars of peace.  Cijene su izuetno povoljne.  Prices are extremely affordable.  To je izvrsno.  This is great. NooJ2010 Komotini 5/12

Measures and Explanations NooJ2010 Komotini 6/12 =Adjective same form as Knjiga je napisana… The book is written… Napisana knjiga je … The written book is… Precision : Recall: 72,72 69,56

NooJ2010 Komotini 7/12 Coordination of multiple nodes 1.all are in the same gender , i >  an apple, a pear and a plum 2.combination of masculine and feminine , i >  an apple, a pear and a pineapple 3.combination of masculine and neutral  i >  a pineapple and a child 4.combination of neutral and feminine  i >  an apple and a child

NooJ2010 Komotini 8/12 Coordination of two or more proper nouns  i Last Names only su otišli su otišle su otišli

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NooJ2010 Komotini 10/12 Example of concordance

Measures NooJ2010 Komotini 11/12 Precision : Recall:

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