Automatic Detection of Preposition Errors in Learner Writing

De Felice, Rachele and Pulman, Stephen (2009). Automatic Detection of Preposition Errors in Learner Writing. CALICO Journal, 26(3) pp. 512–528.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v26i3.512-528

Abstract

In this article, we present an approach to the automatic correction of preposition errors in L2 English. Our system, based on a maximum entropy classifier, achieves average precision of 42% and recall of 35% on this task. The discussion of results obtained on correct and incorrect data aims to establish what characteristics of L2 writing prove particularly problematic in this task.

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