Some notes on Treebanking with the ERG. Possibly may evolve into a guide.

• Reference:
  • @inproceedings{Nakov:2005:SES:1706543.1706547, author = {Nakov, Preslav and Hearst, Marti}, title = {Search engine statistics beyond the n-gram: application to noun compound bracketing},
• Assign binary bracketing in all nominal compounds (no ternary+ structures)
• If intuitions are clear, bracket compounds pair-wise accordingly.
  • Examples: |aluminum [towel rack]| vs. |[cotton towel] rack|
• If intuitions are not clear, bracket as follows:
  • Bracket nouns pair-wise with lowest attachment from left to right
  • Attach adjectives at the highest available point:

    • |[[N1 N2] N3] N4|

    • |A1 [[[N2 N3] N4] N5]|

    • |[[N1 N2] N3] [A4 N5]|

    • |A1 N2 N3] [A4 [[N5 N6] N7|

• notes on rule distinctions

• general guidelines

• heuristics for treebanking with bridges