Harmonizing Annotation of Turkic Postverbial Constructions: A Comparative Study of UD Treebanks
Abstract
AbstractAs the number of treebanks within the same language family continues to grow, the importance of establishing consistent annotation practices has become increasingly evident. In this paper, we evaluate various approaches to annotating Turkic postverbial constructions across UD treebanks. Our comparative analysis reveals that none of the existing methods fully capture the unique semantic and syntactic characteristics of these complex constructions. This underscores the need to adopt a balanced approach that can achieve broad consensus and be implemented consistently across Turkic treebanks. By examining the phenomenon and the available annotation strategies, our study aims to improve the consistency of Turkic UD treebanks and enhance their utility for cross-linguistic research.