joint work with Marco Benini and Jean Wagemans on Complex Arguments in Adpositional Argumentation during the 5th Workshop on Advances in Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence (AI3 2021) in Milano-Bicocca, Italy, 29 November 2021.
1. Complex Arguments in Adpositional Argumentation
Federico Gobbo & Marco Benini & Jean H. M. Wagemans
Contact: F.Gobbo@uva.nl
5th
Workshop on Advances In Argumentation In Artificial Intelligence (AI3
2021)
November 29, 2021, Milano-Bicocca, Italy
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3. Adpositional Argumentation (AdArg) = PTA + CxAdGrams
How it is made
• PTA = Periodic Table of Arguments (J H M Wagemans)
• CxAdGrams = Constructive Adpositional Grammars (F Gobbo & M Benini)
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4. Adpositional Argumentation (AdArg) = PTA + CxAdGrams
How it is made
• PTA = Periodic Table of Arguments (J H M Wagemans)
• CxAdGrams = Constructive Adpositional Grammars (F Gobbo & M Benini)
Features
• a new method for annotating argumentative discourse
• argument reconstruction leaving the linguistic material intact
• detailed representation of linguistic and pragmatic information
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5. Adpositional Argumentation (AdArg) = PTA + CxAdGrams
How it is made
• PTA = Periodic Table of Arguments (J H M Wagemans)
• CxAdGrams = Constructive Adpositional Grammars (F Gobbo & M Benini)
Features
• a new method for annotating argumentative discourse
• argument reconstruction leaving the linguistic material intact
• detailed representation of linguistic and pragmatic information
Here, we focus on the building blocks
• highest level of abstraction possible
• hiding the linguistic details in the small triangles (△)
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7. Overview of abstract minimal arguments in the PTA
Quadrant (Q) conclusion (σ) premise (π) retrogressive normal form
α a is X a is Y a is X, because a is Y
β a is X b is X a is X, because b is X
γ q is ⊤ r is ⊤ q is ⊤, because r is ⊤
δ q is ⊤ q is Z q is ⊤, because q is Z
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16. A real-world argument
Source: Official website of the Periodic Table of Argument,
https://periodic-table-of-arguments.org/periodic-table-of-arguments/alpha-quadrant/
argument-from-criterion/
17. The text of the real-world argument
Unauthorized downloading
is not theft,
because
unauthorized downloading
does not deprive the original owner of
the use of an object.
18. The adtree of the real-world example
Source: Perspectives on Language and Communication 1,
https://studiegids.uva.nl/xmlpages/page/2021-2022/zoek-vak/vak/86848
19. Discussion and further directions of research
Work so far
• an annotation of the discourse that reveals argumentation structures and
patterns
• annotation is pre-logical: it shows exactly where the logic comes in
• it makes evident the point of attack of the way of reasoning
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20. Discussion and further directions of research
Work so far
• an annotation of the discourse that reveals argumentation structures and
patterns
• annotation is pre-logical: it shows exactly where the logic comes in
• it makes evident the point of attack of the way of reasoning
Further work
• an empirical analysis that comprises linguistic and pragmatic elements
• building of corpora suitable for argument mining
• eventually, Explainable AI
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21. Thank You for Your Kind Attention! Any Questions?
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constructive-adpositional-argumentation-cxadarg/
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