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19 A.I. & L. 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/artinl19 and id is 1 raw text is: Artif Intell Law (2011) 19:1-22
DOI 10.1007/s10506-010-9104-x
Argumentation mining
Raquel Mochales - Marie-Francine Moens
Published online: 11 April 2011
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Abstract Argumentation mining aims to automatically detect, classify and
structure argumentation in text. Therefore, argumentation mining is an important
part of a complete argumentation analyisis, i.e. understanding the content of serial
arguments, their linguistic structure, the relationship between the preceding and
following arguments, recognizing the underlying conceptual beliefs, and under-
standing within the comprehensive coherence of the specific topic. We present
different methods to aid argumentation mining, starting with plain argumentation
detection and moving forward to a more structural analysis of the detected argu-
mentation. Different state-of-the-art techniques on machine learning and context
free grammars are applied to solve the challenges of argumentation mining. We also
highlight fundamental questions found during our research and analyse different
issues for future research on argumentation mining.
Keywords    Argumentation - Information extraction - Text classification
Document structure
1 Introduction
Argumentation can be defined as a process whereby arguments are constructed,
exchanged and evaluated in light of their interactions with other arguments, each of
which comprises a set of premises, pieces of evidence, offered in support of a claim.
The claim is a proposition, an idea which is either true or false, put forward by
somebody as true. The claim of an argument is normally called its conclusion.
R. Mochales (E) - M.-F. Moens
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
e-mail: raquel.mochales@cs.kuleuven.be
M.-F. Moens
e-mail: marie-francine.moens@cs.kuleuven.be

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