Simplify: Automatic Arabic Sentence Simplification using Word Embeddings

Yousef SalahEldin, Caroline Sabty


Abstract
Automatic Text Simplification (TS) involves simplifying language complexity while preserving the original meaning. The main objective of TS is to enhance the readability of complex texts, making them more accessible to a broader range of readers. This work focuses on developing a lexical text simplification system specifically for Arabic. We utilized FastText and Arabert pre-trained embedding models to create various simplification models. Our lexical approach involves a series of steps: identifying complex words, generating potential replacements, and selecting one replacement for the complex word within a sentence. We presented two main identification models: binary and multi-complexity models. We assessed the efficacy of these models by employing BERTScore to measure the similarity between the sentences generated by these models and the intended simple sentences. This comparative analysis evaluated the effectiveness of these models in accurately identifying and selecting complex words.
Anthology ID:
2023.arabicnlp-1.35
Volume:
Proceedings of ArabicNLP 2023
Month:
December
Year:
2023
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Singapore (Hybrid)
Editors:
Hassan Sawaf, Samhaa El-Beltagy, Wajdi Zaghouani, Walid Magdy, Ahmed Abdelali, Nadi Tomeh, Ibrahim Abu Farha, Nizar Habash, Salam Khalifa, Amr Keleg, Hatem Haddad, Imed Zitouni, Khalil Mrini, Rawan Almatham
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ArabicNLP | WS
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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418–422
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https://aclanthology.org/2023.arabicnlp-1.35
DOI:
10.18653/v1/2023.arabicnlp-1.35
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Yousef SalahEldin and Caroline Sabty. 2023. Simplify: Automatic Arabic Sentence Simplification using Word Embeddings. In Proceedings of ArabicNLP 2023, pages 418–422, Singapore (Hybrid). Association for Computational Linguistics.
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Simplify: Automatic Arabic Sentence Simplification using Word Embeddings (SalahEldin & Sabty, ArabicNLP-WS 2023)
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