Open Domain Event Extraction
from Texts
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kang Liu
2017.12.14
Texts to Knowledge
Knowledge
Texts
Entity-Centric Knowledge Graph
(Barack Obama, Spouse, Michelle Obama)
Head Entity
Relation
Tail Entity
Event-Centric Knowledge Graph
In 1961,
moved
to
University of
Washington
for a year.
Person: Obama
Time: 1961
Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
Obama was
born on
August 4,
1961
Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Temporal relation
from 2009 to
2017. Obama,
served as
president of
United states
Obama
issued
executive
orders
and…
..…
Person: Obama
Time: 2009-2017
Position: President of USA
military
drawdow
n in Iraq.
Birth
• birth date
• birth place
• name
Marriage
• date
• location
• male
• female
EndPosition
• time
• company
• position
Earthquake
• date
• magnitude
• depth
• casualties
• epicenter
Attack
• location
• time
• casualties
• attacker
• target
Acquisition
• amount
• seller
• buyer
• time
Event Frame (Script)
Extract Events from Texts
Barry Diller on Wednesday quit as chief of Vivendi Universal Entertainment.
Trigger
Arguments
Quit (a “Personnel/End-Position” event)
Barry Diller
Role = Person
Role = Organization
Vivendi Universal Entertainment
Role = Position
Role = Time-within
Chief
Wednesday (2003-03-04)
Extract Events from Texts
Organization
Barry Diller on Wednesday quit as chief of Vivendi Universal Entertainment.
Trigger Words
Arguments Words
Trigger
Arguments
Quit (a “Personnel/End-Position” event)
Barry Diller
Role = Person
Role = Organization
Vivendi Universal Entertainment
Role = Position
Role = Time-within
Chief
Wednesday (2003-03-04)
Extract Events from Texts
Person
Time
Organization
Position
Barry Diller on Wednesday quit as chief of Vivendi Universal Entertainment.
Trigger Words
Arguments Words
Trigger
Arguments
Quit (a “Personnel/End-Position” event)
Barry Diller
Role = Person
Role = Organization
Vivendi Universal Entertainment
Role = Position
Role = Time-within
Chief
Wednesday (2003-03-04)
Task Definition
• Definition (ACE)
• An event is defined as a specific occurrence involving participants.
• Event trigger, Event Type, Event argument, Argument role
Barry Diller on Wednesday quit as chief of Vivendi Universal Entertainment.
Trigger
Arguments
Quit (a “Personnel/End-Position” event)
Role = Person
Barry Diller
Role = Organization
Vivendi Universal Entertainment
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Role = Position
Chief
Role = Time-within
Wednesday (2003-03-04)
1. Event Identification (Trigger Words)
2. Event Type Identification
3. Argument Identification
4. Argument Role Identification