Coconstructions in spoken data: UD annotation guidelines and first results
Ludovica Pannitto, Sylvain Kahane, Kaja Dobrovoljc, Elena Battaglia, Bruno Guillaume +2 more
3/30/2026
cs.CL
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Abstract
The paper proposes annotation guidelines for syntactic dependencies that span across speaker turns - including collaborative coconstructions proper, wh-question answers, and backchannels - in spoken language treebanks within the Universal Dependencies framework. Two representations are proposed: a speaker-based representation following the segmentation into speech turns, and a dependency-based representation with dependencies across speech turns. New propositions are also put forward to distinguish between reformulations and repairs, and to promote elements in unfinished phrases.
