Beyond Single Parsers: An Empirical Analysis of Dependency Parse Tree Aggregation
摘要
Dependency parsing is essential in Natural Language Processing (NLP), but parser performance varies across languages and domains, especially in low-resource settings. While aggregation methods have improved other NLP tasks, their role in dependency parsing remains largely unexplored. This study evaluates three unsupervised aggregation frameworks: Maximum Spanning Tree (MST), Conflict Resolution on Heterogeneous Data (CRH), and a Customized Ising Model (CIM), using 71 Universal Dependency test treebanks covering 49 languages. Results show that the CIM consistently outperforms individual parsers and other aggregation approaches by effectively estimating parser quality. These findings highlight the potential of parse tree aggregation for improving parsing robustness in multilingual and low-resource settings.