Coconstructions in Spoken Data: UD Annotation Guidelines and First Results

Ludovica Pannitto; Kaja Dobrovoljc; Sylvain Kahane; Elena Battaglia; Bruno Guillaume; Caterina Mauri; Eleonora Zucchini

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Coconstructions in Spoken Data: UD Annotation Guidelines and First Results

Ludovica Pannitto, Kaja Dobrovoljc Zor, Sylvain Kahane, Elena Battaglia, Bruno Guillaume, Caterina Mauri, Eleonora Zucchini

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The paper proposes annotation guidelines for syntactic dependencies that span across speaker turns — including collaborative coconstructions proper, wh-question answers, and backchannels — in spoken language treebanks within the Universal Dependencies framework. Two representations are proposed: a speaker-based representation following the segmentation into speech turns, and a dependency-based representation with dependencies across speech turns. New propositions are also put forward to distinguish between reformulations and repairs, and to promote elements in unfinished phrases.

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Volume:: Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW 2026)
Month:: May
Year:: 2026
Address:: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Editors:: Çağrı Çöltekin, Kaja Dobrovoljc
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Publisher:: ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)
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Pages:: 60–75
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External URL:: https://lrec.elra.info/lrec2026-ws-udw-04
DOI:: 10.63317/3kcohrckgnkz
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Cite (ACL):: Ludovica Pannitto, Kaja Dobrovoljc Zor, Sylvain Kahane, Elena Battaglia, Bruno Guillaume, Caterina Mauri, and Eleonora Zucchini. 2026. Coconstructions in Spoken Data: UD Annotation Guidelines and First Results. In Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW 2026), pages 60–75, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).
Cite (Informal):: Coconstructions in Spoken Data: UD Annotation Guidelines and First Results (Pannitto et al., UDW 2026)
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[Coconstructions in Spoken Data: UD Annotation Guidelines and First Results](https://aclanthology.org/2026.udw-1.4/) (Pannitto et al., UDW 2026)

Coconstructions in Spoken Data: UD Annotation Guidelines and First Results (Pannitto et al., UDW 2026)

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Ludovica Pannitto, Kaja Dobrovoljc Zor, Sylvain Kahane, Elena Battaglia, Bruno Guillaume, Caterina Mauri, and Eleonora Zucchini. 2026. Coconstructions in Spoken Data: UD Annotation Guidelines and First Results. In Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW 2026), pages 60–75, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).