Fusion meets Function: The Adaptive Selection-Generation Approach in Event Argument Extraction

Guoxuan Ding, Xiaobo Guo, Xin Wang, Lei Wang, Tianshu Fu, Nan Mu, Daren Zha


Abstract
Event Argument Extraction is a critical task of Event Extraction, focused on identifying event arguments within text. This paper presents a novel Fusion Selection-Generation-Based Approach, by combining the precision of selective methods with the semantic generation capability of generative methods to enhance argument extraction accuracy. This synergistic integration, achieved through fusion prompt, element-based extraction, and fusion learning, addresses the challenges of input, process, and output fusion, effectively blending the unique characteristics of both methods into a cohesive model. Comprehensive evaluations on the RAMS and WikiEvents demonstrate the model’s state-of-the-art performance and efficiency.
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2025.coling-main.294
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Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics
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January
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2025
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Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Owen Rambow, Leo Wanner, Marianna Apidianaki, Hend Al-Khalifa, Barbara Di Eugenio, Steven Schockaert
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COLING
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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4359–4369
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Guoxuan Ding, Xiaobo Guo, Xin Wang, Lei Wang, Tianshu Fu, Nan Mu, and Daren Zha. 2025. Fusion meets Function: The Adaptive Selection-Generation Approach in Event Argument Extraction. In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics, pages 4359–4369, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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