How Much Does Corpus Choice Change Dependency-Distance Estimates?

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dependency parsingcorpus analysislinguistic variability

2609.04223

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Abstract

This paper investigates the variability of dependency-distance estimates across different corpora, challenging the assumption that these estimates are stable properties of a language.

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Core Claim

Dependency-distance estimates vary significantly across different treebanks, with treebank choice accounting for approximately 29% of variance in estimates.

Method / Result

Substituting one treebank for another reversed nearly 40% of pairwise language orderings.

Limitations

The study indicates that cross-treebank agreement is moderate at best, raising concerns about the reliability of dependency-distance estimates derived from single corpora.

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