Argumentation

GraphNLI: A Graph-based Natural Language Inference Model for Polarity Prediction in Online Debates

Online forums that allow participatory engagement between users have been transformative for public discussion of important issues. However, debates on such forums can sometimes escalate into full blown exchanges of hate or misinformation. An …

Ranking comment sorting policies in online debates

Online debates typically possess a large number of argumentative comments. Most readers who would like to see which comments are winning arguments often only read a part of the debate. Many platforms that host such debates allow for the comments to …

Who Has the Last Word? Understanding How to Sample Online Discussions

In online debates, as in offline ones, individual utterances or arguments support or attack each other, leading to some subset of arguments (potentially from different sides of the debate) being considered more relevant than others. However, online …