Towards better annotation practices for symmetrical voice in Universal Dependencies
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Towards better annotation practices for symmetrical voice in Universal Dependencies
Original language description
Austronesian languages exhibit features that are challenging for Universal Dependencies: most notably, the symmetric voice system, whereby agent, patient, and instrumental arguments (among others) can be the pivot of a transitive structure – complicating the usual assumption that subjects of transitive sentences are semantic agents, and objects semantic patients. To showcase our ideas of how to address the representation of such systems in Universal Dependencies, we introduce a small treebank of sentences from texts and elicitation sessions in Gorontalo, an Austronesian language of Sulawesi (Indonesia), which exhibits a Philippine-type voice system. We discuss the annotation guidelines for this language, and the extensions of the Universal Dependencies guidelines that are needed to accommodate this and other Austronesian languages.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW, SyntaxFest 2025)
ISBN
979-8-89176-292-3
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Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
137-142
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Event location
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Event date
Jan 1, 2026
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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