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coreference

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun coreference has 1 sense
  1. coreference - the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
    --1 is a kind of
    grammatical relation
    --1 has particulars: reflexivity, reflexiveness

Definitions from the Web

Term: Coreference

Meaning

Coreference refers to the linguistic phenomenon where two or more expressions in a text or discourse refer to the same person, thing, or entity. It is commonly used in language analysis and discourse studies to understand the relationships between different linguistic elements.

Part of speech

  • Noun

Senses

  1. The act of referring to the same person, thing, or entity through different linguistic expressions.
  2. Related to shared reference between different words or phrases in a text or discourse.

Usages

  1. The coreference between pronouns and their antecedents helps to maintain coherence in a sentence. For example: "John loves ice cream. He eats it every day."
  2. Coreference resolution is an important task in natural language processing to determine the referential relationships between different mentions in a text.

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