--- title: "Matthew Purver — author profile and papers · Dialogue systems" description: "Matthew Purver, Queen Mary University of London: 6 papers on Elamur Research (2011–2021), h-index 33 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-purver/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-purver/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Matthew Purver # Matthew Purver Matthew Purver has 6 papers in our library, in 2011–2021, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Speech act theory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/), [Code & programming languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/); often with [Eleni Gregoromichelaki](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eleni-gregoromichelaki/), [Gregory J. Mills](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-j-mills/), [Patrick G. T. Healey](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-g-t-healey/). 6 papers in our library · 2011–2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5047970122) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2297-1273) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59487729) · [**h-index 33**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5047970122) · [241 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5047970122) · [3,816 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5047970122&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 6 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-purver/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 208 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-purver/cited-by/) · [6 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #3080](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/31/#star-3080) 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=Matthew+Purver) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Matthew+Purver) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Matthew+Purver) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Matthew+Purver) ## Affiliations [🎓**Queen Mary University of London** London · United Kingdom 2009–2026 · 154 papersEmployment since 2009 · Professor of Computational Linguistics, Electronic Engineering and Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/queen-mary-university-of-london/) · [🔬**Jožef Stefan Institute** Ljubljana · Slovenia 2019–2026 · 79 papersEmployment since 2019 · Višji Znanstveni Sodelavec, Department of Knowledge Technologies*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/jozef-stefan-institute/) · [🎓**Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School** Ljubljana · Slovenia 2020–2026 · 45 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/jozef-stefan-international-postgraduate-school/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2004–2011 · 22 papersEmployment 2004–2008 · Engineering Research Associate, Center for the Study of Language and Information](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🎓**King's College London** London · United Kingdom 2000–2004 · 9 papersEducation 2000–2004 · PhD, Computer ScienceEmployment 2003–2004 · Research Assistant, Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/king-s-college-london/) · [🎓**University of London** London · United Kingdom 2014–2025 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-london/) · [🔬**Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies** Heidelberg · Germany 2024 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/heidelberg-institute-for-theoretical-studies/) · [🎓**Trinity College Dublin** Dublin · Ireland 2024 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/trinity-college-dublin/) · [🔬**The Alan Turing Institute** London · United Kingdom 2023–2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/the-alan-turing-institute/) · [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 2014 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 6 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 6 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 6 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 6 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Medicine · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/) · [Psychiatry and Mental health · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/psychiatry-and-mental-health/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Code & programming languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/) · [Semantic parsing & meaning representation · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semantic-parsing/) · [Speech act theory · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 3 papers Matthew Purver's papers of 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-purver/year/2021/) ### 2010s [**2014** 1 paper Investigating the Contribution of Distributional Semantic Information for Dialogue Act Classification](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/milajevs-2014-investigating-contribution-distributional-semantic-information/) · [**2011** 2 papers Matthew Purver's papers of 2011](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-purver/year/2011/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Incrementality and intention-recognition in utterance processing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gregoromichelaki-2011-incrementality-intention-recognition-utterance-processing/)** *(2011 · 167 citations)* The paper asks whether everyday conversation really requires speakers and hearers to compute nested, higher-order intentions about each other, as Gricean and joint-action models such as Clark (1996) assume. 2. **[Towards Robustness of Text-to-SQL Models against Synonym Substitution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gan-2021-robustness-text-sql-models-against/)** *(2021 · 143 citations)* Cross-domain text-to-SQL systems score well on benchmarks such as Spider. Much of that success, however, comes from schema linking, which matches question words literally against table and column names. Gan et al. examine what happens when users refer to schema items or cell values with different but equivalent… 3. **[Exploring Underexplored Limitations of Cross-Domain Text-to-SQL Generalization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gan-2021-exploring-underexplored-limitations-cross-domain/)** *(2021 · 123 citations)* Cross-domain text-to-SQL systems score highly on Spider, but it is unclear whether they truly learn the domain knowledge implicit in their training data. 4. **[On Incrementality in Dialogue: Evidence from Compound Contributions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/howes-2011-incrementality-dialogue-evidence-compound-contributions/)** *(2011 · 116 citations)* The paper examines compound contributions (CCs): utterances that extend or finish an earlier contribution, whether by the original speaker or someone else. 5. **[Investigating the Contribution of Distributional Semantic Information for Dialogue Act Classification](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/milajevs-2014-investigating-contribution-distributional-semantic-information/)** *(2014 · 30 citations)* The paper asks whether word meaning learned from co-occurrence statistics helps label utterances with dialogue acts such as statement, question, opinion or backchannel, and which kinds of information actually drive accuracy. 6. **[Rare-Class Dialogue Act Tagging for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nasreen-2021-rare-class-dialogue-act-tagging/)** *(2021 · 13 citations)* Dialogue act (DA) taggers are usually tuned for average accuracy, so they handle frequent tags well and largely miss rare ones. ## All works 12 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 6 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Incrementality and intention-recognition in utterance processing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gregoromichelaki-2011-incrementality-intention-recognition-utterance-processing/)**Eleni Gregoromichelaki, Ruth Kempson, Matthew Purver, et al.*[Dialogue & Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/dnd/) · 167 citations* 2. **[Towards Robustness of Text-to-SQL Models against Synonym Substitution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gan-2021-robustness-text-sql-models-against/)**Yujian Gan, Xinyun Chen, Qiuping Huang, et al.*[Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/) · 143 citations* 3. **[Exploring Underexplored Limitations of Cross-Domain Text-to-SQL Generalization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gan-2021-exploring-underexplored-limitations-cross-domain/)**Yujian Gan, Xinyun Chen, Matthew Purver*[Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/) · 123 citations* 4. **[On Incrementality in Dialogue: Evidence from Compound Contributions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/howes-2011-incrementality-dialogue-evidence-compound-contributions/)**Christine Howes, Matthew Purver, Patrick G. T. Healey, et al.*[Dialogue & Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/dnd/) · 116 citations* 5. **[How Furiously Can Colorless Green Ideas Sleep? Sentence Acceptability in Context](https://aclanthology.org/2020.tacl-1.20/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics**Jey Han Lau et al.*2020 · 69 citations* 6. **[The Theory and Use of Clarification Requests in Dialogue](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · PhD thesis, King's College London**Matthew Purver*2004 · 33 citations* 7. **[Investigating the Contribution of Distributional Semantic Information for Dialogue Act Classification](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/milajevs-2014-investigating-contribution-distributional-semantic-information/)**Dmitrijs Milajevs, Matthew Purver*[Workshop on Continuous Vector Space Models and their Compositionality](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-continuous-vector-space-models-and-their-compositionality/) · 30 citations* 8. **[Answering Clarification Questions](https://aclanthology.org/W03-2103/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Proceedings of the Fourth SIGdial Workshop of Discourse and Dialogue**Matthew Purver et al.*2003 · 24 citations* 9. **[Rare-Class Dialogue Act Tagging for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nasreen-2021-rare-class-dialogue-act-tagging/)**Shamila Nasreen, Julian Hough, Matthew Purver*[Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/) · 13 citations* 10. **[Efficient Solutions For An Intriguing Failure of LLMs: Long Context Window Does Not Mean LLMs Can Analyze Long Sequences Flawlessly](https://aclanthology.org/2025.coling-main.128/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics**Peyman Hosseini et al.*2025 · 7 citations* 11. **[Referential ambiguity and clarification requests: comparing human and LLM behaviour](https://aclanthology.org/2025.crac-1.1/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Computational Models of Reference…**Chris Madge, Matthew Purver, Massimo Poesio*2025 · 4 citations* 12. **[LEDA: a Large-Organization Email-Based Decision-Dialogue-Act Analysis Dataset](https://aclanthology.org/2023.findings-acl.378/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2023**Vanja Mladen Karan et al.*2023 · 1 citation* ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Eleni Gregoromichelaki](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eleni-gregoromichelaki/) ×2 - [Gregory J. Mills](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-j-mills/) ×2 - [Patrick G. T. Healey](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/patrick-g-t-healey/) ×2 - [Xinyun Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinyun-chen/) ×2 - [Yujian Gan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yujian-gan/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Dialogue & Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/dnd/) ×2: [Dialogue & Discourse 2011](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/dnd/2011/) ×2 - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2021/) - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2021/) - [Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/): [SIGDIAL 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/2021/) - [Workshop on Continuous Vector Space Models and their Compositionality](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-continuous-vector-space-models-and-their-compositionality/): [Workshop on Continuous Vector Space Models and their Compositionality 2014](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-continuous-vector-space-models-and-their-compositionality/2014/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics… - PhD thesis, King's College London - Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on… - Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Computational Models… - Proceedings of the Fourth SIGdial Workshop of Discourse and… - Transactions of the Association for Computational… ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 208 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [14 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-purver/cited-by/). 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