--- title: "Robert Berwick — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Robert Berwick: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2012–2021), h-index 41 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-berwick/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-berwick/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Robert Berwick # Robert Berwick Robert Berwick has 2 papers in our library, in 2012–2021, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Dependency parsing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dependency-parsing/), [Universal Dependencies](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/universal-dependencies/); often with [Beracah Yankama](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beracah-yankama/), [Aline Villavicencio](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aline-villavicencio/), [Marco Idiart](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-idiart/). 2 papers in our library · 2012–2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5052077756) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1061-1871) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26216013) · [**h-index 41**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5052077756) · [220 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5052077756) · [8,548 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5052077756&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-berwick/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 25 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-berwick/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12591](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/126/#star-12591) 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=Robert+Berwick) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Robert+Berwick) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Robert+Berwick) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Robert+Berwick) ## Affiliations [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1979–2024 · 105 papersEducationEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🔬**MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory** Cambridge · United States 1980–1985 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/mit-computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2012–2014 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🎓**Harvard University** Cambridge · United States Education](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harvard-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## 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 · 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/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 6 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Dependency parsing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dependency-parsing/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Semantic role labeling · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semantic-role-labeling/) · [Universal Dependencies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/universal-dependencies/) · [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-berwick/year/2021/) ### 2010s [**2012** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-berwick/year/2012/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Evaluating Universal Dependency Parser Recovery of Predicate Argument Structure via CompChain Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/indurkhya-2021-evaluating-universal-dependency-parser-recovery/)** *(2021 · 2 citations)* The paper defines compchains, a short code for the chain of ccomp and xcomp relations that runs from the root through verb nodes, and uses it as a proxy for whether a parser recovers embedded predicate-argument structure. 2. **[An annotated English child language database](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/villavicencio-2012-annotated-english-child-language-database/)** *(2012)* Child-language studies increasingly rely on large naturalistic corpora such as CHILDES, but its English material mostly carries only POS tags, lemmas and parses. ## 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. **[Evaluating the Ability of LSTMs to Learn Context-Free Grammars ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W18-5414/) Proceedings of the 2018 EMNLP Workshop BlackboxNLP: Analyzing and Interpreting Neural Networks for NLP · no summary yet**Luzi Sennhauser, Robert Berwick*2018 · 75 citations* 2. [**Evaluating Universal Dependency Parser Recovery of Predicate Argument Structure via CompChain Analysis**Sagar Indurkhya, Beracah Yankama, Robert C. Berwick*English · 2 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/indurkhya-2021-evaluating-universal-dependency-parser-recovery/) 3. **[An annotated English child language database](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/villavicencio-2012-annotated-english-child-language-database/) [Workshop on Computational Models of Language Acquisition and Loss](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-computational-models-of-language-acquisition-and-loss/)**Aline Villavicencio, Beracah Yankama, Rodrigo Wilkens, et al.*2012* ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Beracah Yankama](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beracah-yankama/) ×2 - [Aline Villavicencio](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aline-villavicencio/) - [Marco Idiart](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-idiart/) - [Rodrigo Wilkens](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rodrigo-wilkens/) - [Sagar Indurkhya](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sagar-indurkhya/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (*SEM)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/starsem/): [*SEM 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/starsem/2021/) - [Workshop on Computational Models of Language Acquisition and Loss](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-computational-models-of-language-acquisition-and-loss/): [Workshop on Computational Models of Language Acquisition and Loss 2012](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-computational-models-of-language-acquisition-and-loss/2012/) - Proceedings of the 2018 EMNLP Workshop BlackboxNLP: Analyzing and Interpreting Neural Networks for NLP ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 25 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [7 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-berwick/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026