Term-Driven Forward-Looking Claim Synthesis in Earnings Calls

Chung-Chi Chen, Hiroya Takamura


Abstract
Argument synthesis aims to generate rational claims, representing a fundamental objective in this field. While existing models excel in summarizing arguments and engaging in debates, we observe a critical gap in their ability to generate accurate arguments that incorporate forward-looking perspectives. In light of this observation, this paper introduces a novel task called “forward-looking claim planning.” We delve into this task by exploring the efficacy of well-performing classification and generation models. Furthermore, we propose several customized preprocessing methods that yield substantial performance improvements. Through comprehensive discussion and analysis, we also outline a future research agenda for the forward-looking claim planning task.
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2024.lrec-main.1368
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Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024)
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May
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2024
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Torino, Italia
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Nicoletta Calzolari, Min-Yen Kan, Veronique Hoste, Alessandro Lenci, Sakriani Sakti, Nianwen Xue
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LREC | COLING
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ELRA and ICCL
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15752–15760
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https://aclanthology.org/2024.lrec-main.1368
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Chung-Chi Chen and Hiroya Takamura. 2024. Term-Driven Forward-Looking Claim Synthesis in Earnings Calls. In Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024), pages 15752–15760, Torino, Italia. ELRA and ICCL.
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