Numerals and what counts

Jack Rueter; Niko Partanen; Tommi A Pirinen

Numerals and what counts

Jack Rueter, Niko Partanen, Tommi A Pirinen

Language Technology

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Abstract

This study discusses the way different numerals and related expressions are currently annotated in the Universal Dependencies project, with a specific focus on the Uralic language family and only occasional references to the other language groups. We analyse different annotation conventions between individual treebanks, and aim to highlight some areas where further development work and systematization could prove beneficial. At the same time, the Universal Dependencies project already offers a wide range of conventions to mark nuanced variation in numerals and counting expressions, and the harmonization of conventions between different languages could be the next step to take. The discussion here makes specific reference to Universal Dependencies version 2.8, and some differences found may already have been harmonized in version 2.9. Regardless of whether this takes place or not, we believe that the study still forms an important documentation of this period in the project.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fifth Workshop on Universal Dependencies : Proceedings
Editors	Miryam de Lhoneux, Reut Tsarfaty
Number of pages	9
Place of Publication	Stroudsburg
Publisher	The Association for Computational Linguistics
Publication date	Dec 2021
Pages	151–159
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-955917-17-9
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021
MoE publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	Workshop on Universal Dependencies: UDW, SyntaxFest 2021 - [Online event], Sofia Duration: 21 Mar 2022 → 25 Mar 2022 Conference number: 6

Fields of Science

6121 Languages
universal dependencies
numerals
treebanks
Morphological annotation
Uralic languages
Erzya language
Moksha language
Olonets-Karelian
Karelian language
Komi-Zyrian
Komi-Permyak language
Finnish language
Estonian Language
Skolt Sami language
Northern Sami language
Hungarian language
syntax

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2021.udw-1_160Final published version, 209 KBLicence: CC BY

5 Active

Experimental Treebanking for the Minority Skolt Sámi Language and Finite-State Descriptions
Rueter, J. (Project manager), Juutinen, M. (Participant), Pirinen, T. (Project manager) & Tyers, F. (Participant)
01/06/2020 → …
Project: Research project
Experimental Treebanking for the Minority Komi-Permyak Language and Finite-State Descriptions
Rueter, J. (Project manager), Ponomareva, L. (Participant), Partanen, N. (Project manager), Tyers, F. (Participant) & Zeman, D. (Participant)
01/10/2019 → …
Project: Research project
Experimental Treebanking for the Minority Moksha Language and Finite-State Descriptions
Rueter, J. (Project manager), Levina, M. (Participant) & Kabaeva, N. (Participant)
07/12/2018 → …
Project: Other project

2 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
1 Consultancy
1 Oral presentation
1 Academic visit to other institution

PARTE Network Talk
Rueter, J. (Attendee)
15 Sept 2022 → 17 Sept 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Congressus XIII Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum
Rueter, J. (Attendee)
21 Aug 2022 → 26 Aug 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
University of Turku, Department of Finnish and Finno-Ugric Languages
Rueter, J. (Visiting researcher)
1 Aug 2021 → 31 Jul 2022
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution

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Numerals and what counts. / Rueter, Jack ; Partanen, Niko; Pirinen, Tommi A.
Fifth Workshop on Universal Dependencies : Proceedings. ed. / Miryam de Lhoneux; Reut Tsarfaty. Stroudsburg: The Association for Computational Linguistics, 2021. p. 151–159.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Numerals and what counts

Abstract

Fields of Science

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Projects

Experimental Treebanking for the Minority Skolt Sámi Language and Finite-State Descriptions

Experimental Treebanking for the Minority Komi-Permyak Language and Finite-State Descriptions

Experimental Treebanking for the Minority Moksha Language and Finite-State Descriptions

Activities

PARTE Network Talk

Congressus XIII Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum

University of Turku, Department of Finnish and Finno-Ugric Languages

Cite this