An Open-Source Package for Recognizing Textual Entailment

This paper presents a general-purpose open source package for recognizing Textual Entailment, providing a configurable framework to quickly set up a working environment to experiment with the RTE task and offering an opportunity to create a collaborative environment to promote research in the field.

Abstract

This paper presents a general-purpose open source package for recognizing Textual Entailment. The system implements a collection of algorithms, providing a configurable framework to quickly set up a working environment to experiment with the RTE task. Fast prototyping of new solutions is also allowed by the possibility to extend its modular architecture. We present the tool as a useful resource to approach the Textual Entailment problem, as an instrument for didactic purposes, and as an opportunity to create a collaborative environment to promote research in the field. 1