--- title: "Deborah Ferreira — author profile and papers · Reasoning" description: "Deborah Ferreira: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2022), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deborah-ferreira/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deborah-ferreira/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Deborah Ferreira # Deborah Ferreira Deborah Ferreira has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2022, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Andre Freitas](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andre-freitas/), [Julia Rozanova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/julia-rozanova/), [Marco Valentino](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-valentino/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2022 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5007420830) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9182-5208) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5007420830) · [23 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5007420830) · [97 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5007420830&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deborah-ferreira/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 31 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deborah-ferreira/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5838](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/59/#star-5838) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Deborah+Ferreira) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Deborah+Ferreira) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Deborah+Ferreira) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Deborah+Ferreira) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Manchester** Manchester · United Kingdom 2020–2023 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-manchester/) · [🔬**Idiap Research Institute** Martigny-Combe · Switzerland 2021–2022 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/idiap-research-institute/) · [🎓**Universidade de Brasília** Brasília · Brazil 2014–2016 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/02xfp8v59) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2022** 1 paper Deborah Ferreira's papers of 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rozanova-2022-decomposing-natural-logic-inferences-neural/) · [**2021** 1 paper Deborah Ferreira's papers of 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rozanova-2021-supporting-context-monotonicity-abstractions-neural/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Decomposing Natural Logic Inferences for Neural NLI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rozanova-2022-decomposing-natural-logic-inferences-neural/)** *(2022 · 8 citations)* The paper asks whether transformer NLI models represent the two features that natural logic uses to decide entailment. 2. **[Supporting Context Monotonicity Abstractions in Neural NLI Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rozanova-2021-supporting-context-monotonicity-abstractions-neural/)** *(2021 · 5 citations)* Neural NLI models still reason badly when a word is swapped for a broader or narrower one inside a downward monotone context, such as one created by negation or quantifiers like "every". ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Premise Selection in Natural Language Mathematical Texts ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2020.acl-main.657/) Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics · no summary yet**Deborah Ferreira, André Freitas*2020 · 44 citations* 2. **[Decomposing Natural Logic Inferences for Neural NLI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rozanova-2022-decomposing-natural-logic-inferences-neural/) [BlackboxNLP Workshop on Analyzing and Interpreting Neural Networks for NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/blackboxnlp/)**Julia Rozanova, Deborah Ferreira, Mokanarangan Thayaparan, et al.*2022 · 8 citations* 3. **[Supporting Context Monotonicity Abstractions in Neural NLI Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rozanova-2021-supporting-context-monotonicity-abstractions-neural/) [Workshops on Natural Logic Meets Machine Learning (NALOMA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naloma/)**Julia Rozanova, Deborah Ferreira, Mokanarangan Thayaparan, et al.*2021 · 5 citations* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Andre Freitas](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andre-freitas/) ×2 - [Julia Rozanova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/julia-rozanova/) ×2 - [Marco Valentino](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-valentino/) ×2 - [Mokanarangan Thayaparan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mokanarangan-thayaparan/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [BlackboxNLP Workshop on Analyzing and Interpreting Neural Networks for NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/blackboxnlp/): [BlackboxNLP Workshop on Analyzing and Interpreting Neural Networks for NLP 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/blackboxnlp/2022/) - [Workshops on Natural Logic Meets Machine Learning (NALOMA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naloma/): [NALOMA 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naloma/2021/) - Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 31 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [3 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deborah-ferreira/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026