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Automatically Ordering Events and Times in Text

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Abstract

Time is a critical part of language. Without the ability to express it, we cannot plan, tell stories or discuss change.

Hvor er jeg? Hvad vil det sige:Verden? Hvad betyder dette Ord? Hvo har narret mig ind i det Hele, og lader mig nu staae der?

Where am I? What does it mean to say: the world? What is the meaning of that word? Who tricked me into this whole thing and leaves me standing here?

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    See http://www.timeml.org/.

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    See http://gplsi.dlsi.ua.es/demos/TIMEE/.

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    ISO WD 24617-1:2007

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Derczynski, L.R.A. (2017). Events and Times. In: Automatically Ordering Events and Times in Text. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 677. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47241-6_2

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