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Evaluating a Model to Disambiguate Natural Language Parses on the Basis of User Language Proficiency

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This paper discusses the evaluation of an implemented user model in ICICLE, an instruction system for users writing in a second language. We show that in the task of disambiguating natural language parses, a blended model combining overlay techniques with user stereotyping representing typical linguistic acquisition sequences successfully captures user individuality while supplementing incomplete information with stereotypic reasoning.

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  1. Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wheaton College, Norton, MA

    Lisa N. Michaud

  2. Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

    Kathleen F. McCoy

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  1. School of Information Sciences, Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, University of Pittsburgh, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA

    Peter Brusilovsky

  2. Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Albert Corbett

  3. Intelligent Interfaces, Department of Informatics, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126, Bari, Italy

    Fiorella de Rosis

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Michaud, L.N., McCoy, K.F. (2003). Evaluating a Model to Disambiguate Natural Language Parses on the Basis of User Language Proficiency. In: Brusilovsky, P., Corbett, A., de Rosis, F. (eds) User Modeling 2003. UM 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2702. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44963-9_14

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