The occurrence of unknown words in texts significantly hinders reading comprehension. To
improve accessibility for specific target populations, computational modeling has been …

We report the findings of the second Complex Word Identification (CWI) shared task
organized as part of the BEA workshop co-located with NAACL-HLT'2018. The second CWI …

This paper presents the results and main findings of SemEval-2021 Task 1-Lexical
Complexity Prediction. We provided participants with an augmented version of the CompLex …

Lexical Simplification is the process of replacing complex words in a given sentence with
simpler alternatives of equivalent meaning. This task has wide applicability both as an …

Lexical Simplification is the process of replacing complex words in texts to create simpler,
more easily comprehensible alternatives. It has proven very useful as an assistive tool for …

Identifying words which may cause difficulty for a reader is an essential step in most lexical
text simplification systems prior to lexical substitution and can also be used for assessing the …

The task of identifying complex words within a context usually referred to as Complex Word
Identification (CWI) or Lexical Complexity Prediction (LCP), is a vital component in Lexical …

In this paper, we present an effective system using voting ensemble classifiers to detect
contextually complex words for non-native English speakers. To make the final decision, we …

自动词语简化是用简单, 同等意义的词语替代句子中复杂词的过程, 是文本简化中的一个重要
研究方向. 随着自然语言处理技术的快速发展, 词语简化方法也在不断更新与变化 …

Lexical Simplification (LS) automatically replaces difficult to understand words with easier
alternatives whilst maintaining the original meaning of a sentence. LS serves as a …