Question

What is Coreference Resolution?

(a) Anaphora Resolution

(b) Given a sentence or larger chunk of text, determine which words (“mentions”) refer to the same objects (“entities”)

(c) All of the mentioned

(d) None of the mentioned

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Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) Given a sentence or larger chunk of text, determine which words (“mentions”) refer to the same objects (“entities”)

The explanation is: Anaphora resolution is a specific type of coreference resolution.