# Implicit Argument Prediction as Reading Comprehension

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03554 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1811.03554/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 8 Nov 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Text-based NP Enrichment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2109.12085/) (2021)
- [Argument Linking: A Survey and Forecast](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2107.08523/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Implicit arguments, which cannot be detected solely through syntactic cues, make it harder to extract predicate-argument tuples. We present a new model for implicit argument prediction that draws on reading comprehension, casting the predicate-argument tuple with the missing argument as a query. We also draw on pointer networks and multi-hop computation. Our model shows good performance on an argument cloze task as well as on a nominal implicit argument prediction task.