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Coreference

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent. countable, uncountable

    "If we use subscript letters to indicate coreference (so that two NPs with the same subscript refer to the same entity, whereas two NPs with differ- ent subscripts refer to different entities), then we can say that (19) is ambigu- ous as between the two interpretations represented in (20) below: (20) (i) The menᵢ will shoot the arrowsⱼ at each otherⱼ (ii) The menᵢ will shoot the arrowsⱼ at each otherᵢ"

  2. 2
    the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent wordnet

Etymology

From co- + reference.

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