<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">*</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> Shared Task 2013</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Final CALL FOR PROPOSALS</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The ACL special interest groups SIGLEX and SIGSEM invite proposals for</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">the *</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> Shared Task 2013.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">*</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> is the joint conference on lexical and computational</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">semantics. The main goal of *</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> is to provide a stable forum for the</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">growing number of NLP researchers working on different aspects of</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">semantic processing, which has been scattered over a large array of</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">small workshops and conferences. The second edition of *</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> will be a</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">two-day conference co-located with the North American Chapter of the</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Association for Computational Linguistics and Human Language</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Technologies 2013 conference (NAACL HLT), which will take place in</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Atlanta, USA, the week of June 9-14.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Every year *</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> includes a shared task, with the goal of attracting</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">the focus of the community. The ambition is to come up with a shared</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">task which is able to gather teams and researchers working on</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">different (lexical) semantic processing components.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">*</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> 2012 included a shared task on Resolving the Scope and Focus of</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Negation (</span><a href="http://ixa2.si.ehu.es/starsem/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px" target="_blank">http://ixa2.si.ehu.es/starsem/</a><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">)</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">For *</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> 2013, proposals are invited for any shared</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">task related to lexical or computational semantics.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The same or similar shared tasks may be chosen for several years in a</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">row to focus the research attention of the community on a particular</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">semantic task.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The training and test data are provided by the organizers, which</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">allows participating systems to be evaluated and compared in a</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">systematic way. Descriptions of the participating systems and an</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">evaluation of their performance will be presented both at the</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">conference and in the proceedings.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Note that the SemEval task organizers are welcome to submit their</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">task to the *</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> shared task call as well. If accepted, their task will</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">be moved from SemEval to the shared task of *</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Proposals should contain the following information:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Names and affiliations of the members of the organizing committee</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">(including a designated contact person)</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Description of the shared task, including its relevance for the</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">study of computational and lexical semantics</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Description of the process for selecting, acquiring and preparing</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">the data for training and evaluation, including conditions of</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">availability</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Description of the procedure for evaluating the performance of</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">participating systems, including the availability of evaluation</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">software</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Any other relevant information</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Proposals should be in PDF format, maximum 2 pages, and sent by e-mail</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">to the co-chairs:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<a href="mailto:Anna.Korhonen@cl.cam.ac.uk" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px" target="_blank">Anna.Korhonen@cl.cam.ac.uk</a><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<a href="mailto:malvina.nissim@unibo.it" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px" target="_blank">malvina.nissim@unibo.it</a><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Important Dates:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Shared Task Proposals due: 30 November 2013</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Accept/Reject decision due: 10 December  2013</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Any questions regarding the proposals can be sent to</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<a href="mailto:Anna.Korhonen@cl.cam.ac.uk" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px" target="_blank">Anna.Korhonen@cl.cam.ac.uk</a><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> and </span><a href="mailto:malvina.nissim@unibo.it" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px" target="_blank">malvina.nissim@unibo.it</a><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">For the accepted *</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> shared task, the expected timeline for 2013 is as follows:</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Dec 17: general announcement</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Jan 3: call for interest in participation</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Jan 3: task website (first version with general information,</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">task definition, examples and calendar)</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Jan 3: trial datasets (plus documentation and scorer)</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Jan 28: registration for the task (plus corpora licenses)</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Jan 30: training and development sets available</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Mar 8: test set available</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Mar 18: systems' outputs collected</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">In addition, the task organizers will be required to write a paper</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">describing their task and the participating systems.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Best regards,</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Anna Korhonen and Malvina Nissim</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">*</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">SEM</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> Shared Task co-chairs</span><br>

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