Composing Conversational Negation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.06820v1
• Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:24:41 GMT
• Title: Composing Conversational Negation
• Authors: Razin A. Shaikh and Lia Yeh and Benjamin Rodatz and Bob Coecke
• Abstract summary: We compose the negations of single words to capture the negation of sentences. We also describe how to model the negation of words whose meanings evolve in the text.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Negation in natural language does not follow Boolean logic and is therefore inherently difficult to model. In particular, it takes into account the broader understanding of what is being negated. In previous work, we proposed a framework for negation of words that accounts for `worldly context'. In this paper, we extend that proposal now accounting for the compositional structure inherent in language, within the DisCoCirc framework. We compose the negations of single words to capture the negation of sentences. We also describe how to model the negation of words whose meanings evolve in the text.

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