Definition of "coreference" []

• The relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent (noun)

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• "Many adults do not have clear intuitions about "backwards coreference" between sentences like Bill saw 'im after John ran around and Bill saw' im in John's yard."
• "˜there is nothing in Loar™s account to justify coreference™: 1999, 488."
• "Five pink ovals are annotated "anaphora / coreference" to indicate that 1) "four New York City physicians," 2) those physicians by name, and 3) at least six occurrences of the the pronoun"