2024
IndirectQA: Understanding Indirect Answers to Implicit Polar Questions in French and Spanish
COLING 2024main
Polar questions are common in dialogue and expect exactly one of two answers (yes/no). It is however not uncommon for speakers to bypass these expected choices and answer, for example, “Islands are generally by the sea” to the question: “An island? By the sea?”. While such answers are natural in spo…