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Annotation of ambigous agent types #50

Closed mgeorgescu closed 11 years ago

mgeorgescu commented 11 years ago

If it's not clear whether the agent of action is a person or company etc., should we use thing or rely on the context?

e.g.: China was to have announced a winner by the end of 2005 but has delayed its decision until early next year hoping to elicit better terms from the bidders.

uhermjakob commented 11 years ago

I would go with company, based on weak evidence inside the sentence ("hoping to elicit better terms from the bidders") and strong evidence from the previous sentence. In cases where you really feel it's not clear whether or not it is a person or a company that is winning, it's ok to select thing.