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Main Authors: Mai, Quan, Gauch, Susan, Adams, Douglas, Huang, Miaoqing
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18696
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author Mai, Quan
Gauch, Susan
Adams, Douglas
Huang, Miaoqing
author_facet Mai, Quan
Gauch, Susan
Adams, Douglas
Huang, Miaoqing
contents Online debates involve a dynamic exchange of ideas over time, where participants need to actively consider their opponents' arguments, respond with counterarguments, reinforce their own points, and introduce more compelling arguments as the discussion unfolds. Modeling such a complex process is not a simple task, as it necessitates the incorporation of both sequential characteristics and the capability to capture interactions effectively. To address this challenge, we employ a sequence-graph approach. Building the conversation as a graph allows us to effectively model interactions between participants through directed edges. Simultaneously, the propagation of information along these edges in a sequential manner enables us to capture a more comprehensive representation of context. We also introduce a Sequence Graph Attention layer to illustrate the proposed information update scheme. The experimental results show that sequence graph networks achieve superior results to existing methods in online debates.
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spellingShingle Sequence Graph Network for Online Debate Analysis
Mai, Quan
Gauch, Susan
Adams, Douglas
Huang, Miaoqing
Computation and Language
Online debates involve a dynamic exchange of ideas over time, where participants need to actively consider their opponents' arguments, respond with counterarguments, reinforce their own points, and introduce more compelling arguments as the discussion unfolds. Modeling such a complex process is not a simple task, as it necessitates the incorporation of both sequential characteristics and the capability to capture interactions effectively. To address this challenge, we employ a sequence-graph approach. Building the conversation as a graph allows us to effectively model interactions between participants through directed edges. Simultaneously, the propagation of information along these edges in a sequential manner enables us to capture a more comprehensive representation of context. We also introduce a Sequence Graph Attention layer to illustrate the proposed information update scheme. The experimental results show that sequence graph networks achieve superior results to existing methods in online debates.
title Sequence Graph Network for Online Debate Analysis
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18696