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  <Title>Algorithms for Analysing the Temporal Structure of Discourse*t</Title>
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6 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> We presented a brief description of an algorithm for determining the temporal structure  is an elaboration of one of the preceding events, must not be ruled out because there are cases such as Sam arrived at the house at eight. He rang the bell. He let it ring \]or two minutes, in which such elaboration is possible.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1">  of discourse. The algorithm is part of an HPSG-style discourse grammar implemented in Carpenter's ALE formalism. Its novel features are that it treats tense, aspect, temporal adverbials and rhetorical relations as mutually constraining; it postulates less ambiguity than current temporal structuring algorithms do; and it uses semantic closeness and other preference techniques rather than full-fledged world knowledge postulates to determine preferences over remaining ambiguities. We also recommended using an underspecified representation of temporal/rhetorical structure to avoid generating all solutions until higher-level knowledge can aid in reducing ambiguity.</Paragraph>
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