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In this paper we review DMSumm, an automatic summary generator based on a discourse model that combines semantic, rhetorical and intentional knowledge. We assess the automatic results in the light of three basic constraints: gist preservation, communicative goal satisfaction and textuality.
This work has been funded by FAPESP - Fundaoção de Ampara á Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.
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Pardo, T.A.S., Rino, L.H.M. (2002). DMSumm: Review and Assessment. In: Ranchhod, E., Mamede, N.J. (eds) Advances in Natural Language Processing. PorTAL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2389. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45433-0_36
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