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Identifying temporal relations between events is an essential step towards natural language understanding. However, the temporal relation between two events in a story depends on, and is often dictated by, relations among other events.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-06-13 Qiang Ning , Zhili Feng , Dan Roth

Neural relation extraction discovers semantic relations between entities from unstructured text using deep learning methods. In this study, we present a comprehensive review of methods on neural network based relation extraction. We discuss…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Mehmet Aydar , Ozge Bozal , Furkan Ozbay

Current models for software components have made component-based software engineering practical. However, these models are limited in the sense that their support for the characterization/specification of design components primarily deals…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-02-14 Zitouni Abdelhafid

The study of causal relationships between emotions and causes in texts has recently received much attention. Most works focus on extracting causally related clauses from documents. However, none of these works has considered that the causal…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-29 Xinhong Chen , Zongxi Li , Yaowei Wang , Haoran Xie , Jianping Wang , Qing Li

Formal verification entails testing software to ensure it operates as specified. Smart contracts are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into lines of code. They run on blockchain platforms and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Rene Davila , Everardo Barcenas , Rocio Aldeco-Perez

In this paper, we propose a fresh perspective on argumentation semantics, to view them as a relational database. It offers encapsulation of the underlying argumentation graph, and allows us to understand argumentation semantics under a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Ryuta Arisaka , Takayuki Ito

Understanding the semantic relationships between terms is a fundamental task in natural language processing applications. While structured resources that can express those relationships in a formal way, such as ontologies, are still scarce,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2018-06-21 Vivian S. Silva , Siegfried Handschuh , André Freitas

We introduce generative interpretation, a new approach to estimating contractual meaning using large language models. As AI triumphalism is the order of the day, we proceed by way of grounded case studies, each illustrating the capabilities…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Yonathan A. Arbel , David Hoffman

Document-level relation extraction aims to identify relations between entities in a whole document. Prior efforts to capture long-range dependencies have relied heavily on implicitly powerful representations learned through (graph) neural…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Dongyu Ru , Changzhi Sun , Jiangtao Feng , Lin Qiu , Hao Zhou , Weinan Zhang , Yong Yu , Lei Li

Unilateral contracts, such as terms of service, play a substantial role in modern digital life. However, few users read these documents before accepting the terms within, as they are too long and the language too complicated. We propose the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Laura Manor , Junyi Jessy Li

In this paper, we propose a new annotation scheme to classify different types of clauses in Terms-and-Conditions contracts with the ultimate goal of supporting legal experts to quickly identify and assess problematic issues in this type of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Pietro Giovanni Bizzaro , Elena Della Valentina , Maurizio Napolitano , Nadia Mana , Massimo Zancanaro

Using dedicated software to represent or enact legislation or regulation has the advantage of solving the inherent ambiguity of legal texts and enabling the automation of compliance with legal norms. On the other hand, the so-called…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Silvia Crafa

Logical specifications play a key role in the formal analysis of behavioural models. Automating the derivation of such specifications is particularly valuable in complex systems, where manual construction is time-consuming and error-prone.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Radoslaw Klimek , Julia Witek

One can find various temporal deontic logics in literature, most focusing on discrete time. The literature on real-time constraints and deontic norms is much sparser. Thus, many analysis techniques which have been developed for deontic…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Shaun Azzopardi , Gordon Pace

Background: The detection and extraction of causality from natural language sentences have shown great potential in various fields of application. The field of requirements engineering is eligible for multiple reasons: (1) requirements…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Julian Frattini , Maximilian Junker , Michael Unterkalmsteiner , Daniel Mendez

Relation extraction aims to identify the target relations of entities in texts. Relation extraction is very important for knowledge base construction and text understanding. Traditional binary relation extraction, including supervised,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-12-10 Haiyun Jiang , Qiaoben Bao , Qiao Cheng , Deqing Yang , Li Wang , Yanghua Xiao

In this paper, we investigate how semantic relations between concepts extracted from medical documents can be employed to improve the retrieval of medical literature. Semantic relations explicitly represent relatedness between concepts and…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2019-05-06 Maristella Agosti , Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio , Stefano Marchesin , Gianmaria Silvello

In strategic multi-agent sequential interactions, detecting dynamic coalition structures is crucial for understanding how self-interested agents coordinate to influence outcomes. However, natural-language-based interactions introduce unique…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Abhishek N. Kulkarni , Andy Liu , Jean-Raphael Gaglione , Daniel Fried , Ufuk Topcu

We propose and develop a framework for validating smart contracts derived from e-contracts. The goal is to ensure the generated smart contracts fulfil all the conditions outlined in their corresponding e-contracts. By confirming alignment…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Sangharatna Godboley , P. Radha Krishna , Sunkara Sri Harika , Pooja Varnam

We introduce a basic model for contracts. Our model extends event structures with a new relation, which faithfully captures the circular dependencies among contract clauses. We establish whether an agreement exists which respects all the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-02-27 Massimo Bartoletti , Tiziana Cimoli , G. Michele Pinna , Roberto Zunino