Pronoun Resolution Examples

Lappine and Leass (1994) Algorithm

Sentence recency	100
Subject emphasis	80
Existential emphasis	70
Accusative (direct object) emphasis	50
Indirect object and oblique complement emphasis	40
Non-adverbial emphasis	50
Head noun emphasis	80

Figure 18.5 Salience Factors in Lappin and Leass's system. [JM]

Trace of Examples

18.62 An Acura Integra₂ is parked in the lot. (subject)
18.63 There is an Acura Integra₃ parked in the lot. (existential predicate nominal)
18.64 John parked an Acura Integra₄ in the lot. (object)
18.65 John gave his Acura Integra₅ a bath. (indirect object)
18.66 Inside his Acura Integra₆, John showed Susan his new CD player. (demarcated adverbial prepositional phrase)

recency	subject	existential	accusative	dative	non-adv	head noun	total
1002	802	02	02	02	502	802	3102
502 1003	402 03	02 703	02 03	02 03	252 503	402 803	1552 3003
252 503 1004	202 03 04	02 353 04	02 03 504	02 03 04	122 253 504	202 403 804	772 1503 2804
122 253 504 1005	102 03 04 05	02 173 04 05	02 03 254 05	02 03 04 405	62 123 254 505	102 203 404 805	382 753 1404 2705
62 123 254 505 1006	52 03 04 05 06	02 83 04 05 06	02 03 124 05 06	02 03 04 205 06	32 63 124 255 06	52 103 204 405 806	192 373 704 1355 1806