word

Coreference resolution

koh-REF-er-ents rez-oh-LOO-shun

/koʊˈrɛfərəns ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən/

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coreferenceresolution

Dictionary meaning

The NLP task of identifying all expressions in a text — such as pronouns, noun phrases, and proper nouns — that refer to the same real-world entity, thereby linking mentions across sentences to build a coherent understanding of discourse.

Examples

Coreference resolution enables a system to understand that 'she' and 'the CEO' in the same document refer to the same person.
Without coreference resolution, summarisation systems struggle to handle pronoun references correctly.

Synonyms: anaphora resolution, entity tracking

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