Mention Segmentation Task

A Mention Segmentation Task is a text segmentation task that is restricted to mentions.

• AKA: Mention Detection, Mention Identification.
• Context:
  • It can be solved by a Mention Segmentation System (that implements a Mention Segmentation algorithm).
  • It can be a Gazetteer-based Term Identification Task.
• Example(s):
  • a Term Identification Task.
  • identifying all Product Mentions and Product Category Mentions in a text.
  • a Concept Mention Segmentation Task.
  • a Word Segmentation Task.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Mention Classification Task.
  • a Mention Recognition Task.
• See: Base NP Segmentation, Mention Segmentation algorithm).

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