Universal Discourse Relations: A Proposal
Anna Latusek, Maciej Ogrodniczuk, Alina Wróblewska, Bartosz Żuk
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel ’universal’ approach to discourse annotation, serving as a comprehensive synthesis of the ISO 24617-8 semantic annotation framework and a newly developed multi-layer model of coherence relations. To address the complexities of text analysis, we present a hierarchical classification and a systematic decision tree. By unifying disparate formalisms, our model provides researchers with a robust, standardised methodology for analysing complex discourse structures across various linguistic contexts.- Anthology ID:
- 2026.codi-1.9
- Volume:
- Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Workshop on Computational Approaches to Discourse, Context and Document-Level Inferences and Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference (CODI-CRAC 2026)
- Month:
- July
- Year:
- 2026
- Address:
- San Diego, California, USA
- Editors:
- Chloé Braud, Christian Hardmeier, Maciej Ogrodniczuk, Sharid Loaiciga, Amir Zeldes, Michal Novák, Chuyuan Li, Michael Strube, Junyi Jessy Li
- Venues:
- CODI | CRAC | WS
- SIG:
- Publisher:
- Association for Computational Linguistics
- Note:
- Pages:
- 65–77
- Language:
- URL:
- https://preview.aclanthology.org/ingest-acl-workshops/2026.codi-1.9/
- DOI:
- Cite (ACL):
- Anna Latusek, Maciej Ogrodniczuk, Alina Wróblewska, and Bartosz Żuk. 2026. Universal Discourse Relations: A Proposal. In Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Workshop on Computational Approaches to Discourse, Context and Document-Level Inferences and Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference (CODI-CRAC 2026), pages 65–77, San Diego, California, USA. Association for Computational Linguistics.
- Cite (Informal):
- Universal Discourse Relations: A Proposal (Latusek et al., CODI-CRAC 2026)
- PDF:
- https://preview.aclanthology.org/ingest-acl-workshops/2026.codi-1.9.pdf