Data-oriented parsing and the Penn Chinese treebank

We present an investigation into parsing the Penn Chinese Treebank using a Data-Oriented Parsing (DOP) approach. DOP comprises an experience-based approach to natural language parsing. Most published research in the DOP framework uses PStrees as its representation schema. Drawbacks of the DOP approach centre around issues of efficiency. We incorporate recent advances in DOP parsing techniques into a novel DOP parser which generates a compact representation of all subtrees which can be derived from any full parse tree. We compare our work to previous work on parsing the Penn Chinese Treebank, and provide both a quantitative and qualitative evaluation. While our results in terms of Precision and Recall are slightly below those published in related research, our approach requires no manual encoding of head rules, nor is a development phase per se necessary. We also note that certain constructions which were problematic in this previous work can be handled correctly by our DOP parser. Finally, we observe that the ‘DOP Hypothesis’ is confirmed for parsing the Penn Chinese Treebank

Establishing a New State-of-the-Art for French Named Entity Recognition

The French TreeBank developed at the University Paris 7 is the main source of morphosyntactic and syntactic annotations for French. However, it does not include explicit information related to named entities, which are among the most useful information for several natural language processing tasks and applications. Moreover, no large-scale French corpus with named entity annotations contain referential information, which complement the type and the span of each mention with an indication of the entity it refers to. We have manually annotated the French TreeBank with such information, after an automatic pre-annotation step. We sketch the underlying annotation guidelines and we provide a few figures about the resulting annotations

Lessons From a Story Untold: Nike v. Kasky Reconsidered

The Supreme Court\u27s recent dismissal, apparently on jurisdictional grounds, of the writ of certiorari it had granted to review Nike, Inc. v. Kasky has brought into sharp focus a number of critiques of the commercial speech doctrine - some new, some longstanding. At issue in Nike were communications Nike made to customers, newspaper editors, college presidents and athletic directors, and others responding to allegations that Nike had engaged in, or was complicit in, the mistreatment of foreign workers. Respondent Marc Kasky contended that Nike\u27s communications contained significant misstatements of fact and thus were actionable under California\u27s unfair competition and false advertising laws. Nike countered that, even if it had made factual misstatements, its communications were part of an ongoing public debate about the labor practices of multinational corporations generally and, for that reason, they were fully protected under the First Amendment. A sharply divided California Supreme Court rejected Nike\u27s theory, but the United States Supreme Court agreed to review Nike\u27s First Amendment claim. After full briefing and argument, a divided Court dismissed the writ as improvidently granted, much to the disappointment of Nike and its supporters who had forecast a Nike victory

Essays on the Economics of Hurricanes

This dissertation explores how Hurricanes Katrina and Rita affected the economy in New Orleans and nearby areas in Louisiana. Using a variety of econometric techniques, my dissertation aims to understand the effects of these storms on employment, wages, and housing prices. In the first essay, I focus on employment in New Orleans. I find that Katrina led to significant and lasting job losses in nearly every sector, while the construction sector stood as an exception, recovering within just three months. Interestingly, wages increased in most sectors. This suggests that with fewer workers available, those who remained became more valuable, leading to higher wages. In the next essay, I examine the impact of Hurricane Katrina on nearby areas. I find, surprisingly, that parishes not directly hit by the hurricane saw more people obtaining and maintaining jobs. Furthermore, the unemployment rate in these areas decreased for nearly a decade following the storm. The average weekly wages earned in these areas also increased by 5%. This indicates that the effects of a disaster can spill over to nearby areas in unexpected ways, providing insights into discussions about migration and employment. In the final essay, I study the impact of the hurricanes Katrina and Rita on housing prices in Louisiana. I discover that smaller rental units experienced a significant 20% increase in prices, while larger units weren\u27t as affected. This finding suggest hurricanes disproportionately impacted low-income families, leading to a surge in demand for smaller housing units and a consequent rise in prices. On the other hand, demand for larger units in wealthier areas, where homes largely remained intact, didn\u27t change significantly. These findings hold important implications for government responses to population displacement caused by climate-related events. In summary, this dissertation provides valuable insights into the economic impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It deepens our understanding of how these disasters affect jobs, nearby regions, and rental prices. This research contributes to existing knowledge and informs debates about government policies and responses to large-scale natural disasters, particularly in relation to employment and housing

Simulating the impact of medium and large diversions on the hydrodynamics in the lower Mississippi River Delta

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Maritime Commerce in Greater Philadelphia: Assessing Industry Trends and Growth Opportunities for Delaware River Ports

Maritime Commerce in Greater Philadelphia: Assessing Industry Trends and Growth Opportunities for Delaware River Ports is an evaluation of existing port conditions along the Delaware River and market-driven opportunities for expansion. The report includes an economic impact analysis, Delaware River port descriptions, global trends, and recommended strategies for ports growth. Key findings include:Region-wide port activity generates $69 million in tax revenues for state governments across Greater Philadelphia and more than$11 million in Philadelphia Wage Tax revenues.Each on-site port job supports two jobs from port activity and employee spending. Total regional port-related employment is 12,000+ jobs.Delaware River ports import nearly 1/2 of the nation's cocoa beans, almost 1/3 of the bananas, and a 1/4 of all fruit and nuts.Growing maritime commerce in Greater Philadelphia will require collaboration among Delaware River ports to leverage existing strengths and strategically invest in regional infrastructure improvements

A Lost Cause Renewed: Quebec, the Civil War, and Canadian Confederation

Discussion surrounding Canadian Confederation often centers around whether the Dominion of Canada was built on an act or a pact. There are valid points to be made for each argument, but it just may be that both are incomplete. The act or pact debate often fails to fully consider the unique experience of French Canadians in the years leading up to Confederation in 1867, which means that a third argument has largely been overlooked. For French Canadians, the years leading up to the passage of the British North America Act of 1867 saw a renewal of the Conquest and revival of national myth. Throughout the early 1860s, the American Civil War reminded them of their past struggles against the British. They remembered how their farms and villages burned as the British captured Quebec in 1759, and as they watched their French Louisianan brethren succumb to the Union Army and Americanization, they remembered how they had been abandoned by France a century earlier. By 1867 French Canadians felt they were alone on a continent full of anglophones and Protestants who were committed to assimilating them and extinguishing the last light of true Catholicism in North America. Rather than share the fate of Louisiana’s French, they sought a ceasefire. They desired a means to prolong their struggle for cultural survival, and Confederation offered this. By building on established historiography and examining contemporary newspaper sources, this article reveals that for French Canadians, Confederation represented an armistice more than an act or pact

Sports, Inc., Volume 10, Issue 1

The ILR Cornell Sports Business Society magazine is a semester publication titled Sports, Inc. This publication serves as a space for our membership to publish and feature in-depth research and well-thought out ideas to advance the world of sport. The magazine can be found in the Office of Student Services and is distributed to alumni who come visit us on campus. Issues are reproduced here with permission of the ILR Cornell Sports Business Society.https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/sportsinc/1013/thumbnail.jp

Südsee : Mythos, Handlungsraum, Thema ; eine Filmographie

Inhalt Spielfilme, TV Movies, Mini-Series Lamour, Dorothy The Mutiny on the Bounty / Die Meuterei auf der Bounty Dokumentarfilme, Dokumentationen, Fernsehfeature