--- title: "Mokanarangan Thayaparan — author profile and papers" description: "Mokanarangan Thayaparan, The Open University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2022), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mokanarangan-thayaparan/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mokanarangan-thayaparan/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Mokanarangan Thayaparan # Mokanarangan Thayaparan Mokanarangan Thayaparan 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/), [Deborah Ferreira](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deborah-ferreira/), [Julia Rozanova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/julia-rozanova/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2022 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5031812356) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8413-6244) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5031812356) · [33 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5031812356) · [155 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5031812356&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mokanarangan-thayaparan/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 8 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mokanarangan-thayaparan/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5841](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/59/#star-5841) 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=Mokanarangan+Thayaparan) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Mokanarangan+Thayaparan) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Mokanarangan+Thayaparan) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Mokanarangan+Thayaparan) ## Affiliations [🎓**The Open University** Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2025 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-open-university/) · [🎓**University of Manchester** Manchester · United Kingdom 2018–2022 · 14 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-manchester/) · [🔬**Idiap Research Institute** Martigny-Combe · Switzerland 2020–2022 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/idiap-research-institute/) · [🎓**University of Moratuwa** Moratuwa · Sri Lanka 2016–2018 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-moratuwa/) 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 Mokanarangan Thayaparan's papers of 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rozanova-2022-decomposing-natural-logic-inferences-neural/) · [**2021** 1 paper Mokanarangan Thayaparan'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". ## 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 - [Deborah Ferreira](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deborah-ferreira/) ×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 ## 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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 8 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mokanarangan-thayaparan/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026