Lexical Complexity Prediction and Lexical Simplification for Catalan and Spanish: Resource Creation, Quality Assessment, and Ethical Considerations

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Main Authors: Bott, Stefan, Saggion, Horacio, Rojas, Nelson Peréz, Salazar, Martin Solis, Ramirez, Saul Calderon
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author Bott, Stefan
Saggion, Horacio
Rojas, Nelson Peréz
Salazar, Martin Solis
Ramirez, Saul Calderon
author_facet Bott, Stefan
Saggion, Horacio
Rojas, Nelson Peréz
Salazar, Martin Solis
Ramirez, Saul Calderon
contents Automatic lexical simplification is a task to substitute lexical items that may be unfamiliar and difficult to understand with easier and more common words. This paper presents the description and analysis of two novel datasets for lexical simplification in Spanish and Catalan. This dataset represents the first of its kind in Catalan and a substantial addition to the sparse data on automatic lexical simplification which is available for Spanish. Specifically, it is the first dataset for Spanish which includes scalar ratings of the understanding difficulty of lexical items. In addition, we present a detailed analysis aiming at assessing the appropriateness and ethical dimensions of the data for the lexical simplification task.
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spellingShingle Lexical Complexity Prediction and Lexical Simplification for Catalan and Spanish: Resource Creation, Quality Assessment, and Ethical Considerations
Bott, Stefan
Saggion, Horacio
Rojas, Nelson Peréz
Salazar, Martin Solis
Ramirez, Saul Calderon
Computation and Language
Automatic lexical simplification is a task to substitute lexical items that may be unfamiliar and difficult to understand with easier and more common words. This paper presents the description and analysis of two novel datasets for lexical simplification in Spanish and Catalan. This dataset represents the first of its kind in Catalan and a substantial addition to the sparse data on automatic lexical simplification which is available for Spanish. Specifically, it is the first dataset for Spanish which includes scalar ratings of the understanding difficulty of lexical items. In addition, we present a detailed analysis aiming at assessing the appropriateness and ethical dimensions of the data for the lexical simplification task.
title Lexical Complexity Prediction and Lexical Simplification for Catalan and Spanish: Resource Creation, Quality Assessment, and Ethical Considerations
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07814