Regression-Tested Compositional Semantics: A Graphical Development Environment for Glue and Description-by-Analysis

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We present a platform for developing compositional semantic annotations for formal syntactic representations that allows users to interact with and explore annotations and to track their progress and quality. For this, we provide several forms of visualizations and take inspiration from research in linguistic treebanking. Thus, we contribute to the development of formal semantic parsers and corresponding meaning banks. The system is designed with a regression testing paradigm in mind and provides support for NLI so that the created semantic resources can be developed and validated in a task-driven environment. We defend this paradigm in comparison to modern approaches to semantic parsing that are mainly evaluated on the basis of gold standard annotations.

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