Title :
As Simple as It Gets - A Sentence Simplifier for Different Learning Levels and Contexts
Author :
Pereira Nunes, Bernardo ; Kawase, Ricardo ; Siehndel, Patrick ; Casanova, Marco A. ; Dietze, Stefan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper presents a text simplification method that transforms complex sentences into simplified forms. Our method uses NLP-techniques to simplify the text based on the target audience context, improving its overall understandability. We evaluate our approach in two aspects: grammatical structure and understandability. In both aspects, our approach achieved good results, showing its applicability to the learning process.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; natural language processing; text analysis; NLP technique; audience understandability; grammatical structure aspect; grammatical understandability aspect; learning context; learning level; learning process; natural language processing; sentence simplifier; text simplification method; Conferences; Context; Encyclopedias; Search engines; Tagging; Vocabulary; natural language processing; search engine knowledge; text simplification;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2013.42