Demo3: Sentence Combination for Summarization

Sample Corpus Entries

Example 1: add description for people or organization

Original Sentences:
Sentence 34: "We're trying to prove that there are big benefits to the patients by involving them more deeply in their treatment", said Paul Clayton, chairman of the dept. dealing with computerized medical information at Columbia.

Sentence 77: "The economic payoff from breaking into health care records is a lot less than for banks", said Clayton at Columbia.

Human Professionals:
Combined: "The economic payoff from breaking into health care records is a lot less than for banks", said Paul Clayton, chairman of the dept. dealing with computerized medical information at Columbia.

Example 2: extract common elements

Original Sentences:
Sentence 8: but it also raises serious questions about the privacy of such highly personal information wafting about the digital world

Sentence 10: The issue thus fits squarely into the broader debate about privacy and security on the internet whether it involves protecting credit card numbers or keeping children from offensive information


Human Professionals:
Combined: : but it also raises the issue of privacy of such personal information and this issuehits the head on the nail in the broader debate about privacy and security on the internet.

Example 3:: reduce and join sentences by adding connectives or punctuations

Original Sentences:
Sentence 7: Officials said they doubted that Congressional approval would be needed for the changes, and they forsaw no barriers at the Federal level.

Sentence 8: States have wide control over the availability of methadone, however.


Human Professionals:
Combined: : Officials said they foresaw no barriers at the Federal level; however, States have wide control over the availability of methadone.

Example 4: reduce and change one sentence to a clause

Original Sentences:
Sentence 25: in GPI, you specify an RGB COLOR value with a 32-bit integer encoded as follows: 00000000* Red * Green * Blue The high 8 bits are set to 0.

Sentence 27: this encoding scheme can represent some 16 million colors

Human Professionals:
Combined: : GPI describes RGB colors as 32-bit integers that can describe 16 million colors

Example 5: mixed operations

Original Sentences:

Sentence 1 : a proposed new law that would require web publishers to obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from children could destroy the spontaneous nature that makes the internet unique a member of the direct marketing association told a senate panel thursday

Sentence 2 : arthur b sackler vice president for law and public policy of time warner inc said the association supported efforts to protect children online but he urged lawmakers to find some middle ground that also allows for interactivity on the internet

Sentence 3 : for example a child's e-mail address is necessary in order to respond to inquiries such as updates on mark mcguire's and sammy sosa's home run figures this year or updates of an online magazine sackler said in testimony to the communications subcommittee of the senate commerce committee

Sentence 5: the subcommittee is considering the children's online privacy protection act which was drafted on the recommendation of the federal trade commission

Human Professionals:
Combined: : arthur b sackler vice president for law and public policy of time warner inc and a member of the direct marketing association told the communications subcommittee of the senate commerce committee that legislation to protect children's privacy online could destroy the spontaneous nature that makes the internet unique