tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post5484084086318602255..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: the big picture: automatic metaphor identificationChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-51884791758626174992011-11-14T11:14:43.423-05:002011-11-14T11:14:43.423-05:00indolering, excellent point. The classic Trec conf...indolering, excellent point. The classic Trec conferences of the 90s did a lot to create Named Entity Extraction & Co-reference standards. Automatic metaphor recognition is going to require that.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-50257411170880693892011-11-13T16:54:20.866-05:002011-11-13T16:54:20.866-05:00You forgot to mention the lack of standards for me...You forgot to mention the lack of standards for metaphorical identification. Some quote their ID rate compared to other automated analysis, others use corpus with a limited set of metaphors, etc. There is no way to compare results between studies. If there was a standardized test, it would include the more complex metaphors you identify.indoleringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445181531207801997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-38136604766599104572011-07-06T08:14:59.657-04:002011-07-06T08:14:59.657-04:00Yes! I've had the same problem with Lakoff'...Yes! I've had the same problem with Lakoff's language math equations. Communication is more elaborate than single sentences, and we should appreciate the same of the metaphors therein.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287783427413287647noreply@blogger.com