Multiword expressions (MWEs) are a class of linguistic forms spanning conventional word
boundaries that are both idiosyncratic and pervasive across different languages. The …

Pragmatics, situated in the domains of linguistics and computational linguistics, explores the
influence of context on language interpretation, extending beyond the literal meaning of …

This paper presents the shared task on Multilingual Idiomaticity Detection and Sentence
Embedding, which consists of two subtasks:(a) a binary classification task aimed at …

This paper describes the PARSEME Shared Task 1.1 on automatic identification of verbal
multi-word expressions. We present the annotation methodology, focusing on changes from …

We present edition 1.2 of the PARSEME shared task on identification of verbal multiword
expressions (VMWEs). Lessons learned from previous editions indicate that VMWEs have …

Nominal compounds such as red wine and nut case display a continuum of compositionality,
with varying contributions from the components of the compound to its semantics. This article …

Idioms are phrases which present a figurative meaning that cannot be (completely) derived
by looking at the meaning of their individual components. Identifying and understanding …

In animals and humans, curriculum learning---presenting data in a curated order---is critical
to rapid learning and effective pedagogy. A long history of experiments has demonstrated …

Meaning is a fundamental concept in Natural Language Processing (NLP), in the tasks of
both Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and Natural Language Generation (NLG) …

Multiword expression (MWE) identification in tweets is a complex task due to the complex
linguistic nature of MWEs combined with the non-standard language use in social networks …