--- title: "Roxana Girju — author profile and papers" description: "Roxana Girju, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 5 papers on Elamur Research (2003–2021), h-index 28 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roxana-girju/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roxana-girju/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Roxana Girju # Roxana Girju Roxana Girju has 5 papers in our library, in 2003–2021, most of them on [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Idioms & multiword expressions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/); often with [Dan Moldovan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-moldovan/), [David Peng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-peng/), [Deniz Yuret](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deniz-yuret/). 5 papers in our library · 2003–2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5005530678) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0402-3563) · [**h-index 28**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5005530678) · [108 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5005530678) · [3,499 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5005530678&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 5 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roxana-girju/#papers) · [🔗 217 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roxana-girju/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #2463](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/25/#star-2463) 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=Roxana+Girju) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Roxana+Girju) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Roxana+Girju) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Roxana+Girju) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign** Urbana · United States 2005–2025 · 54 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/) · [🎓**Southern Methodist University** Dallas · United States 2000–2001 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/southern-methodist-university/) · [🎓**Baylor University** Waco · United States 2003–2004 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/005781934) · [🎓**The University of Texas at Dallas** Richardson · United States 2002–2003 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-texas-at-dallas/) · [🎓**University of Illinois System** Urbana · United States 2009–2010 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-system/) 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 6[Arts and Humanities · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [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 4[Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Idioms & multiword expressions · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/) · [Semitic languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2021-exploring-sensory-spaces-english-perceptual/) ### 2010s [**2014** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sabbagh-2014-unsupervised-construction-lexicon-repository-variation/) ### 2000s [**2007** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2007-semeval-2007-task-04-classification/) · [**2003** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roxana-girju/year/2003/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Automatic Detection of Causal Relations for Question Answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2003-automatic-detection-causal-relations-question/)** *(2003 · 450 citations)* Girju addresses the automatic extraction of explicit causal relations within a sentence. Earlier systems relied on hand-written, domain-bound patterns. Here the focus is on noun–verb–noun constructions (NP1 verb NP2) where the verb is a simple causative that is often ambiguous, such as produce or generate . 2. **[Learning Semantic Constraints for the Automatic Discovery of Part-Whole Relations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2003-learning-semantic-constraints-automatic-discovery/)** *(2003 · 300 citations)* The paper tackles automatic detection of part-whole (meronymy) relations in English text. The most frequent surface patterns for this relation, such as genitives and "have"-type verbs, are highly ambiguous. The authors first gathered meronymic lexico-syntactic patterns semi-automatically. They took 100 WordNet… 3. **[SemEval-2007 Task 04: Classification of Semantic Relations between Nominals](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2007-semeval-2007-task-04-classification/)** *(2007 · 91 citations)* This SemEval-2007 task set up a shared benchmark for deciding which semantic relation holds between two nominals (nouns or base noun phrases, not named entities) marked in an English sentence. 4. **[Unsupervised Construction of a Lexicon and a Repository of Variation Patterns for Arabic Modal Multiword Expressions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sabbagh-2014-unsupervised-construction-lexicon-repository-variation/)** *(2014 · 6 citations)* The authors fill a gap in Arabic NLP: no lexicon or pattern resource existed for Arabic Modal Multiword Expressions (AM-MWEs). 5. **[Exploring the Sensory Spaces of English Perceptual Verbs in Natural Language Data](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2021-exploring-sensory-spaces-english-perceptual/)** *(2021 · 1 citation)* The paper asks how English text encodes sensory experience. It focuses on the most frequent perception verbs and splits them along two axes. The first is an Agentive vs. Experiential contrast: look/see, listen/hear and touch/feel. The second is the five sense modalities, with smell and taste standing alone because… ## All works 6 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 5 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. [**Automatic Detection of Causal Relations for Question Answering**Roxana Girju*Proceedings of the ACL 2003 Workshop on… · 450 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2003-automatic-detection-causal-relations-question/) 2. **[Learning Semantic Constraints for the Automatic Discovery of Part-Whole Relations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2003-learning-semantic-constraints-automatic-discovery/)**Roxana Girju, Adriana Badulescu, Dan Moldovan*[Conference of the North American Chapter of the…](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/) · 300 citations* 3. **[SemEval-2007 Task 04: Classification of Semantic Relations between Nominals](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2007-semeval-2007-task-04-classification/)**Roxana Girju, Preslav Nakov, Vivi Nastase, et al.*[International Workshop on Semantic Evaluations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-workshop-on-semantic-evaluations/) · 91 citations* 4. **[Unsupervised Construction of a Lexicon and a Repository of Variation Patterns for Arabic Modal Multiword Expressions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sabbagh-2014-unsupervised-construction-lexicon-repository-variation/)**Rania Al-Sabbagh, Roxana Girju, Jana Diesner*[Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/mwe/) · 6 citations* 5. [**Exploring the Sensory Spaces of English Perceptual Verbs in Natural Language Data**Roxana Girju, David Peng*arXiv:2110.09721 · CEUR-WS.org 2021 · 1 citation*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/girju-2021-exploring-sensory-spaces-english-perceptual/) 6. **[Interactive Annotation for Event Modality in Modern Standard and Egyptian Arabic Tweets](https://aclanthology.org/W14-4920/) (original ↗)**Rania Al-Sabbagh, Roxana Girju, Jana Diesner*2014 · Proceedings of LAW VIII - The 8th Linguistic… · no summary yet* ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dan Moldovan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-moldovan/) - [David Peng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-peng/) - [Deniz Yuret](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deniz-yuret/) - [Peter Turney](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-turney/) - [Preslav Nakov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/preslav-nakov/) - [Rania Al-Sabbagh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rania-al-sabbagh/) - [Stan Szpakowicz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stan-szpakowicz/) - [Vivi Nastase](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vivi-nastase/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-workshop-on-semantic-evaluations/): [2007](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-workshop-on-semantic-evaluations/2007/) - [Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/mwe/): [2014](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/mwe/2014/) - [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association…](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/): [2003](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2003/) - Proceedings of LAW VIII - The 8th Linguistic Annotation… - Proceedings of the ACL 2003 Workshop on Multilingual… ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 217 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/roxana-girju/cited-by/). 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