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  <Title>Identifying non-referential it: a machine learning approach incorporating linguistically motivated patterns</Title>
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Abstract
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    <Paragraph position="0"> In this paper, we present a machine learning system for identifying non-referential it. Types of non-referential it are examined to determine relevant linguistic patterns. The patterns are incorporated as features in a machine learning system which performs a binary classification of it as referential or non-referential in a POS-tagged corpus. The selection of relevant, generalized patterns leads to a significant improvement in performance.</Paragraph>
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