Paper ID: 2303.16742

Evaluating NLG systems: A brief introduction

Emiel van Miltenburg

This year the International Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG) will feature an award for the paper with the best evaluation. The purpose of this award is to provide an incentive for NLG researchers to pay more attention to the way they assess the output of their systems. This essay provides a short introduction to evaluation in NLG, explaining key terms and distinctions.

Submitted: Mar 29, 2023