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  <Title>Integrating Referring and Informing in NP Planning</Title>
  <Section position="7" start_page="53" end_page="53" type="concl">
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7 Conclusions
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    <Paragraph position="0"> We have improved on the integration of referring and informing within NP generation by allowing informing to influence decisions at each stage of the formation of the referring form.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> Previous np-generation systems only satisfy informing goals after the referring form has been determined.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> The points of intervention in the referring process include: the selection of the form of the NP; the choice of the Deictic in common NPs; and choice of restrictive modifiers. Information remaining on the agenda at this point is expressed in non-referring slots of the NP, in paxticular, the Epithet slot, or non-referring post-modifier slots. The use of an Agenda slot in the NP-specification is the main addition, which allows the Aggregation component to interface with the referring expression generator.</Paragraph>
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