--- title: "Jerry R. Hobbs — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Jerry R. Hobbs: 4 papers on Elamur Research (1978–2011), h-index 40 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Jerry R. Hobbs # Jerry R. Hobbs Jerry R. Hobbs has 4 papers in our library, in 1978–2011, most of them on [Coreference resolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Stuart M. Shieber](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stuart-m-shieber/). 4 papers in our library · 1978–2011 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5060213761) · [**h-index 40**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5060213761) · [308 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5060213761) · [12,529 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5060213761&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 186 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/cited-by/) · [4 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2482](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/25/#star-2482) 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=Jerry+R.+Hobbs) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Jerry+R.+Hobbs) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Jerry+R.+Hobbs) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Jerry+R.+Hobbs) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Southern California** Los Angeles · United States 2002–2017 · 97 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-southern-california/) · [🔬**SRI International** Menlo Park · United States 1979–2005 · 65 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/sri-international/) · [🎓**City College of New York** New York · United States 1975–1978 · 9 papers](https://ror.org/00wmhkr98) · [🎓**City University of New York** New York · United States 1975–1978 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/city-university-of-new-york/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 1984–1990 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Coreference resolution · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2011** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/year/2011/) ### 1980s [**1987** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/year/1987/) · [**1983** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/year/1983/) ### 1970s [**1978** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/year/1978/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Resolving Pronoun References](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hobbs-1978-resolving-pronoun-references/)** *(1978 · 737 citations)* The paper presents what became known as the Hobbs algorithm, a purely syntactic procedure for finding the antecedent of a pronoun. 2. **[An Algorithm for Generating Quantifier Scopings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hobbs-1987-algorithm-generating-quantifier-scopings/)** *(1987 · 162 citations)* Syntax usually makes predicate-argument structure clear, but it does not show how quantifiers and modals scope over one another. 3. **[An Improper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hobbs-1983-improper-treatment-quantification-ordinary-english/)** *(1983 · 58 citations)* Hobbs tackles quantifier scope ambiguity. A sentence with several quantified noun phrases, such as one about democratic countries, politicians, people, issues and times, gets 120 distinct scopings in standard logical form. Yet humans understand it without ever choosing one. He rejects three alternatives: a… 4. **[Annotating and Learning Event Durations in Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pan-2011-annotating-learning-event-durations-text/)** *(2011 · 39 citations)* The paper tackles a largely ignored aspect of temporal understanding: estimating how long events last when a text gives no explicit duration. ## All works 8 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 4 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. [**Resolving Pronoun References**Jerry R. Hobbs*Mova's core list · 737 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hobbs-1978-resolving-pronoun-references/) 2. **[An Algorithm for Generating Quantifier Scopings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hobbs-1987-algorithm-generating-quantifier-scopings/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Jerry R. Hobbs, Stuart M. Shieber*1987 · 162 citations* 3. **[An Improper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hobbs-1983-improper-treatment-quantification-ordinary-english/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Jerry R. Hobbs*1983 · 58 citations* 4. **[Annotating and Learning Event Durations in Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pan-2011-annotating-learning-event-durations-text/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Feng Pan, Rutu Mulkar-Mehta, Jerry R. Hobbs*2011 · 39 citations* 5. **[Translation by Abduction ↗](https://aclanthology.org/C90-3028/) COLING 1990 Volume 3: Papers presented to the 13th International Conference on Computational Linguistics · no summary yet**Jerry R. Hobbs, Megumi Kameyama*1990 · 11 citations* 6. **[A General System for Semantic Analysis of English and its Use in Drawing Maps from Directions ↗](https://aclanthology.org/J75-4010/) Computational Linguistics · no summary yet**Hobbs, Jerry R.*1975 · 3 citations* 7. **[Machine Translation Using Abductive Inference ↗](https://aclanthology.org/H91-1024/) Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Pacific Grove, California, February 19-22, 1991 · no summary yet**Jerry R. Hobbs, Megumi Kameyama*1991 · 1 citation* 8. **[Session 8A: Machine Translation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/H92-1050/) Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Harriman, New York, February 23-26, 1992 · no summary yet**Hobbs, Jerry R.*1992* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Stuart M. Shieber](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stuart-m-shieber/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/) ×3: [Computational Linguistics 2011](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/2011/), [Computational Linguistics 1987](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1987/) - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 1983](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/1983/) - COLING 1990 Volume 3: Papers presented to the 13th International Conference on Computational Linguistics - Lingua 44(4), 311-338 - Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Harriman, New York, February 23-26, 1992 - Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Pacific Grove, California, February 19-22, 1991 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 186 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [55 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jerry-r-hobbs/cited-by/). 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