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In this paper we review DMSumm, an automatic summary generator based on a discourse model that combines semantic, rhetorical and intentional knowledge. We assess the automatic results in the light of three basic constraints: gist preservation, communicative goal satisfaction and textuality.

This work has been funded by FAPESP - Fundaoção de Ampara á Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.

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  1. Departamento de Computação, Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luiz, km 235 - Monjolinho, Caixa Postal 676, 13565-905, São Carlos - SP

    Thiago Alexandre Salgueiro Pardo & Lucia Helena Machado Rino

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  1. Universidade de Lisboa e CAUTL (IST), Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal

    Elisabete Ranchhod

  2. L2F/INESC ID Lisboa, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal

    Nuno J. Mamede

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Pardo, T.A.S., Rino, L.H.M. (2002). DMSumm: Review and Assessment. In: Ranchhod, E., Mamede, N.J. (eds) Advances in Natural Language Processing. PorTAL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2389. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45433-0_36

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