[Attempto] anaphoric reference range limit

[Norbert E. Fuchs]

On 3 Jul 2009, at 15:39, Alex Shkotin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a short text - see at the end marked as <<bad text>>.
> B5633 is introduced in statement #1 and is not "visible" in  
> statement #16:(
> i.e. "The definite noun phrase 'the publication' does not have an  
> antecedent and thus is not interpreted as anaphoric reference, but  
> as a new indefinite noun phrase."
> It is not too far from my point of view.
> If I delete all but one attributes of B5633, reducing length to 10  
> statements between then B5633 becomes visible!
> To say frankly I thought that visibility area is whole text.
> What is an actual limitation for distance between introduction and  
> usage points?
>
> Alex
>
> <<bad text>>
>  There is a publication B5633.         <<introduction>>
>  A year of the publication B5633 is 1946.
>  A title of the publication B5633 is "A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY  
> OF THE KERLINGARFJELL".
>  A journal-reference of the publication B5633 is "ACTA NAT. ISLAND.  
> 1 (2)".
>  A first-page of the publication B5633 is 1.
>  A last-page of the publication B5633 is 15.
> There is a sample S32994.
> There is a place P32994.
>  A gathering-place of the sample S32994 is P32994.
>  A latitude of the place P32994 is 64.7.
>  A longitude of the place P32994 is -19.2.
>  The place P32994 is a part of Iceland.
>  The place P32994 is a part of Atlantic-Ocean.
>  A name of the place P32994 is "KERLINGARFJELL".
>  The sample S32994 is a rhyolite.
>  The publication B5633 describes the sample S32994. <<usage>>
>  An authorial-number of the sample S32994 is "A".
>
>
>
> <<good text>>
> There is a publication B5633. <<introduction>>
>  A year of the publication B5633 is 1946.
> There is a sample S32994.
> There is a place P32994.
>  A gathering-place of the sample S32994 is P32994.
>  A latitude of the place P32994 is 64.7.
>  A longitude of the place P32994 is -19.2.
>  The place P32994 is a part of Iceland.
>  The place P32994 is a part of Atlantic-Ocean.
>  A name of the place P32994 is "KERLINGARFJELL".
>  The sample S32994 is a rhyolite.
>  The publication B5633 describes the sample S32994. <<usage>>
>  An authorial-number of the sample S32994 is "A".
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Sorry, but I do not see your problem. Submitting your "bad text" to  
the APE web-client I get (with word-guessing switched on) the attached  
output which shows that the anaphoric reference to "publication B5633"  
is correctly resolved in sentence 16.

Concerning the distance between antecedent and anaphoric reference  
there is no limit. However, may I suggest that you read section 8 of  
the ACE interpretation rules?

    --- nef

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