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	The following SIGLEX Executive Board officers are serving until autumn 2019:		The following SIGLEX Executive Board officers are serving until autumn 2019:

	President: Anna Korhonen (University of Cambridge, UK)		President:
	Secretary: Preslav Nakov (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar)
			Anna Korhonen (University of Cambridge, UK)

			Secretary:

			Preslav Nakov (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar)

	Information officers:		Information officers:

	Marine Carpuat (University of Maryland, USA)		Marine Carpuat (University of Maryland, USA)

	Daniel Cer (Google Inc., USA)		Daniel Cer (Google Inc., USA)

	Els Lefever (Ghent University, Belgium)		Els Lefever (Ghent University, Belgium)

	Aline Villavicencio (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)		Aline Villavicencio (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

	SIGLEX Section Representatives on the Executive Board:		SIGLEX Section Representatives on the Executive Board:

	MWE section: Agata Savary, University of Tours, France		MWE section: Agata Savary, University of Tours, France

	SemEval section: Steven Bethard, University of Arizona, USA		SemEval section: Steven Bethard, University of Arizona, USA

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	~~'''2019Q3 Reports: SIGLEX'''~~

	The following SIGLEX Executive Board officers are serving until ~~the summer of~~ 2019:		The following SIGLEX Executive Board officers are serving until autumn 2019:

	President: Anna Korhonen (University of Cambridge, UK)		President: Anna Korhonen (University of Cambridge, UK)
	Secretary: Preslav Nakov (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar)		Secretary: Preslav Nakov (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar)

	Information officers:		Information officers:
	Marine Carpuat (University of Maryland, USA)		Marine Carpuat (University of Maryland, USA)
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	Els Lefever (Ghent University, Belgium)		Els Lefever (Ghent University, Belgium)
	Aline Villavicencio (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)		Aline Villavicencio (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

	SIGLEX Section Representatives on the Executive Board:		SIGLEX Section Representatives on the Executive Board:
	MWE section: Agata Savary, University of Tours, France		MWE section: Agata Savary, University of Tours, France
	SemEval section: Steven Bethard, University of Arizona, USA		SemEval section: Steven Bethard, University of Arizona, USA

	We currently have 852 members and we manage membership and mailing lists using the website that was developed by Ken Litkowski and is now managed by Preslav Nakov.		We currently have 852 members and we manage membership and mailing lists using the website that was developed by Ken Litkowski and is now managed by Preslav Nakov.

	SIGLEX has two sections:		SIGLEX has two sections:

	Multiword Expressions (MWE) with 205 members.		Multiword Expressions (MWE) with 205 members.
	SemEval with 982 members.		SemEval with 982 members.

	SIGLEX (co-)organises three yearly events: SemEval, *SEM, and MWE.		SIGLEX (co-)organises three yearly events: SemEval, *SEM, and MWE:
	SEM 2019
			'''SEM 2019'''

	The Eight Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2019), jointly organised by SIGLEX and SIGSEM, was co-located with NAACL-HLT’2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) and took place in June 2019.		The Eight Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2019), jointly organised by SIGLEX and SIGSEM, was co-located with NAACL-HLT’2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) and took place in June 2019.
	~~People~~
			Organizers:

	General Chair		General Chair
	Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor		Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

	Programme Co-chairs		Programme Co-chairs
	Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam		Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam
	Lun-Wei Ku, Academia Sinica, Taiwan		Lun-Wei Ku, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

	Publication Chair		Publication Chair
	Kilian Evang, University of Düsseldorf		Kilian Evang, University of Düsseldorf

	Publicity Chair		Publicity Chair
	Soujanya Poria, Nanyang Technological University		Soujanya Poria, Nanyang Technological University

	Area Chairs		Area Chairs
	Lexical semantics and word representations: Anna Feldman, Montclair State University		Lexical semantics and word representations: Anna Feldman, Montclair State University
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	Resources and evaluation: Beata Beigman Klebanov, Educational Testing Service		Resources and evaluation: Beata Beigman Klebanov, Educational Testing Service
	Theoretical and formal semantics: Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, Queen Mary University of London		Theoretical and formal semantics: Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, Queen Mary University of London

	Submissions: 96 papers were submitted. Out of these, 36 papers were accepted (19 long, 13 short). The final overall acceptance rate was 33%. The final number of papers in the program is 36 (19 long, 13 short).		Submissions: 96 papers were submitted. Out of these, 36 papers were accepted (19 long, 13 short). The final overall acceptance rate was 33%. The final number of papers in the program is 36 (19 long, 13 short).
	SemEval 2019

			'''SemEval 2019'''

	The SIGLEX flagship event took place in coordination with NAACL 2019 and *SEM 2019.		The SIGLEX flagship event took place in coordination with NAACL 2019 and *SEM 2019.
	Organizers:		Organizers:
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	32 task proposals were received and reviewed by 68 external reviewers from the ACL community. 12 of the tasks were selected for SemEval 2020. For more details about the event, check out http://alt.qcri.org/semeval2020/		32 task proposals were received and reviewed by 68 external reviewers from the ACL community. 12 of the tasks were selected for SemEval 2020. For more details about the event, check out http://alt.qcri.org/semeval2020/

	MWE-WN 2019		'''MWE-WN 2019'''

	The 15th edition of the yearly flagship event of the MWE Section, called Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE), was co-located with the ACL 2019 conference in Florence, Italy. In a quest for synergies with related communities, the Section joined forces with the Global Wordnet Association (GWA). Thus, the event was called Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and WordNet (MWE-WN 2019).		The 15th edition of the yearly flagship event of the MWE Section, called Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE), was co-located with the ACL 2019 conference in Florence, Italy. In a quest for synergies with related communities, the Section joined forces with the Global Wordnet Association (GWA). Thus, the event was called Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and WordNet (MWE-WN 2019).

	Invited talk:		Invited talk:
	"When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Multiword expressions and idiomaticity", by Aline Villavicencio, University of Essex (UK) and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)		"When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Multiword expressions and idiomaticity", by Aline Villavicencio, University of Essex (UK) and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

	Submissions: 37 papers (20 long and 17 short) were submitted. 12 long papers and 8 short ones were selected. 6 papers (1 short and 5 long) were selected as oral presentations and 14 (7 short and 7 long) as posters. The overall acceptance rate was 54%.		Submissions: 37 papers (20 long and 17 short) were submitted. 12 long papers and 8 short ones were selected. 6 papers (1 short and 5 long) were selected as oral presentations and 14 (7 short and 7 long) as posters. The overall acceptance rate was 54%.

	Proceedings: to appear in the ACL Anthology.		Proceedings: to appear in the ACL Anthology.

	Community discussion: it will include feedback from this joint event, MWE-related announcements, announcements about the SIGLEX-MWE Steering Committee recruitment, plans for future shared task editions and for collaboration between the Universal Dependencies and the PARSEME communities.		Community discussion: it will include feedback from this joint event, MWE-related announcements, announcements about the SIGLEX-MWE Steering Committee recruitment, plans for future shared task editions and for collaboration between the Universal Dependencies and the PARSEME communities.

	SIGLEX Endorsed Events in 2019		'''SIGLEX Endorsed Events in 2019''':
	EUROPHRAS'2019: http://www.lexytrad.es/europhras2019/		EUROPHRAS'2019: http://www.lexytrad.es/europhras2019/
	MUMTTT'2019: http://www.lexytrad.es/europhras2019/		MUMTTT'2019: http://www.lexytrad.es/europhras2019/

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'''2019Q3 Reports: SIGLEX'''

The following SIGLEX Executive Board officers are serving until the summer of 2019:
President: Anna Korhonen (University of Cambridge, UK)
Secretary: Preslav Nakov (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar)
Information officers:
Marine Carpuat (University of Maryland, USA)
Daniel Cer (Google Inc., USA)
Els Lefever (Ghent University, Belgium)
Aline Villavicencio (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
SIGLEX Section Representatives on the Executive Board:
MWE section: Agata Savary, University of Tours, France
SemEval section: Steven Bethard, University of Arizona, USA
We currently have 852 members and we manage membership and mailing lists using the website that was developed by Ken Litkowski and is now managed by Preslav Nakov.

SIGLEX has two sections:
Multiword Expressions (MWE) with 205 members.
SemEval with 982 members.

SIGLEX (co-)organises three yearly events: SemEval, *SEM, and MWE.
SEM 2019
The Eight Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2019), jointly organised by SIGLEX and SIGSEM, was co-located with NAACL-HLT’2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) and took place in June 2019.
People
General Chair
Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Programme Co-chairs
Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam
Lun-Wei Ku, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Publication Chair
Kilian Evang, University of Düsseldorf
Publicity Chair
Soujanya Poria, Nanyang Technological University
Area Chairs
Lexical semantics and word representations: Anna Feldman, Montclair State University
Lexical semantics and word representations: Fabio Massimo Zanzotto, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Semantic composition and sentence representations: Helen Yannakoudakis, University of Cambridge
Semantic composition and sentence representations: Douwe Kiela, Facebook AI Research
Discourse, dialogue and generation: Lea Frermann, Amazon Core AI
Discourse, dialogue and generation: Lu Wang, Northeastern University
Machine learning for semantic tasks: Roi Reichart, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Machine learning for semantic tasks: Wilker Aziz, University of Amsterdam
Multidisciplinary & COI: Preslav Nakov, Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU
Multilinguality: Marianna Apidianaki, CNRS
Human semantic processing / Psycholinguistics: Barry Devereux, Queen’s University Belfast
Semantics in NLP applications: Dan Goldwasser, Purdue University
Semantics in NLP applications: Saif Mohammad, National Research Council of Canada
Semantics in NLP applications: Marek Rei, University of Cambridge
Resources and evaluation: Beata Beigman Klebanov, Educational Testing Service
Theoretical and formal semantics: Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, Queen Mary University of London
Submissions: 96 papers were submitted. Out of these, 36 papers were accepted (19 long, 13 short). The final overall acceptance rate was 33%. The final number of papers in the program is 36 (19 long, 13 short).
SemEval 2019
The SIGLEX flagship event took place in coordination with NAACL 2019 and *SEM 2019.
Organizers:
Jonathan May, ISI, University of Southern California
Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam
Aurelie Herbelot, University of Trento
Xiaodan Zhu, Queen's University
Marianna Apidianaki, CNRS
Saif M. Mohammad, National Research Council Canada

SemEval 2019 included the following 11 shared tasks organized in five tracks:

Frame semantics and semantic parsing

Task 1: Cross-lingual Semantic Parsing with UCCA
Task 2: Unsupervised Lexical Semantic Frame Induction

Opinion, emotion and abusive language detection

Task 3: EmoContext: Contextual Emotion Detection in Text
Task 4: Hyperpartisan News Detection
Task 5: HatEval: Multilingual Detection of Hate Speech Against Immigrants and Women in Twitter
Task 6: OffensEval: Identifying and Categorizing Offensive Language in Social Media

Fact vs fiction

Task 7: RumourEval 2019: Determining Rumour Veracity and Support for Rumours
Task 8: Fact Checking in Community Question Answering Forums

Information extraction and question answering

Task 9: Suggestion Mining from Online Reviews and Forums
Task 10: Math Question Answering

NLP for scientific applications

Task 12: Toponym Resolution in Scientific Papers

The proceedings contain both Task Description papers that describe each of the above tasks, and System Description papers that present the systems that participated in these tasks. A total of 11 task description papers and 223 system description papers are included in the proceedings.

SemEval 2020
32 task proposals were received and reviewed by 68 external reviewers from the ACL community. 12 of the tasks were selected for SemEval 2020. For more details about the event, check out http://alt.qcri.org/semeval2020/

MWE-WN 2019
The 15th edition of the yearly flagship event of the MWE Section, called Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE), was co-located with the ACL 2019 conference in Florence, Italy. In a quest for synergies with related communities, the Section joined forces with the Global Wordnet Association (GWA). Thus, the event was called Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and WordNet (MWE-WN 2019).
Invited talk:
"When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Multiword expressions and idiomaticity", by Aline Villavicencio, University of Essex (UK) and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Submissions: 37 papers (20 long and 17 short) were submitted. 12 long papers and 8 short ones were selected. 6 papers (1 short and 5 long) were selected as oral presentations and 14 (7 short and 7 long) as posters. The overall acceptance rate was 54%.
Proceedings: to appear in the ACL Anthology.
Community discussion: it will include feedback from this joint event, MWE-related announcements, announcements about the SIGLEX-MWE Steering Committee recruitment, plans for future shared task editions and for collaboration between the Universal Dependencies and the PARSEME communities.

SIGLEX Endorsed Events in 2019
EUROPHRAS'2019: http://www.lexytrad.es/europhras2019/
MUMTTT'2019: http://www.lexytrad.es/europhras2019/

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	The following SIGLEX Executive Board officers are serving until autumn 2019:		The following SIGLEX Executive Board officers are serving until autumn 2019:


	'''President'''		'''President'''
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	Anna Korhonen (University of Cambridge, UK)		Anna Korhonen (University of Cambridge, UK)

	'''Secretary"		'''Secretary"'

	Preslav Nakov (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar)		Preslav Nakov (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar)
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	SemEval section: Steven Bethard, University of Arizona, USA		SemEval section: Steven Bethard, University of Arizona, USA


	We currently have 852 members and we manage membership and mailing lists using the website that was developed by Ken Litkowski and is now managed by Preslav Nakov.		We currently have 852 members and we manage membership and mailing lists using the website that was developed by Ken Litkowski and is now managed by Preslav Nakov.


	'''SIGLEX has two sections:'''		'''SIGLEX has two sections:'''

	Multiword Expressions (MWE) with 205 members.		Multiword Expressions (MWE) with 205 members.
	SemEval with 982 members.		SemEval with 982 members.


	'''SIGLEX (co-)organises three yearly events: SemEval, *SEM, and MWE:'''		'''SIGLEX (co-)organises three yearly events: SemEval, *SEM, and MWE:'''


	'''SEM 2019'''		'''SEM 2019'''


	The Eight Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2019), jointly organised by SIGLEX and SIGSEM, was co-located with NAACL-HLT’2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) and took place in June 2019.		The Eight Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2019), jointly organised by SIGLEX and SIGSEM, was co-located with NAACL-HLT’2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) and took place in June 2019.
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	Saif M. Mohammad, National Research Council Canada		Saif M. Mohammad, National Research Council Canada


	SemEval 2019 included the following 11 shared tasks organized in five tracks:		SemEval 2019 included the following 11 shared tasks organized in five tracks:


	''Frame semantics and semantic parsing''		''Frame semantics and semantic parsing''
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	Task 2: Unsupervised Lexical Semantic Frame Induction		Task 2: Unsupervised Lexical Semantic Frame Induction


	''Opinion, emotion and abusive language detection''		''Opinion, emotion and abusive language detection''
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	Task 6: OffensEval: Identifying and Categorizing Offensive Language in Social Media		Task 6: OffensEval: Identifying and Categorizing Offensive Language in Social Media


	''Fact vs fiction''		''Fact vs fiction''
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	''Information extraction and question answering''		''Information extraction and question answering''


	Task 9: Suggestion Mining from Online Reviews and Forums		Task 9: Suggestion Mining from Online Reviews and Forums

	Task 10: Math Question Answering		Task 10: Math Question Answering


	''NLP for scientific applications''		''NLP for scientific applications''
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	The proceedings contain both Task Description papers that describe each of the above tasks, and System Description papers that present the systems that participated in these tasks. A total of 11 task description papers and 223 system description papers are included in the proceedings.		The proceedings contain both Task Description papers that describe each of the above tasks, and System Description papers that present the systems that participated in these tasks. A total of 11 task description papers and 223 system description papers are included in the proceedings.


	'''SemEval 2020'''		'''SemEval 2020'''
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	32 task proposals were received and reviewed by 68 external reviewers from the ACL community. 12 of the tasks were selected for SemEval 2020. For more details about the event, check out http://alt.qcri.org/semeval2020/		32 task proposals were received and reviewed by 68 external reviewers from the ACL community. 12 of the tasks were selected for SemEval 2020. For more details about the event, check out http://alt.qcri.org/semeval2020/


	'''MWE-WN 2019'''		'''MWE-WN 2019'''

	The 15th edition of the yearly flagship event of the MWE Section, called Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE), was co-located with the ACL 2019 conference in Florence, Italy. In a quest for synergies with related communities, the Section joined forces with the Global Wordnet Association (GWA). Thus, the event was called Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and WordNet (MWE-WN 2019).		The 15th edition of the yearly flagship event of the MWE Section, called Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE), was co-located with the ACL 2019 conference in Florence, Italy. In a quest for synergies with related communities, the Section joined forces with the Global Wordnet Association (GWA). Thus, the event was called Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and WordNet (MWE-WN 2019).


	Invited talk:		Invited talk:
	"When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Multiword expressions and idiomaticity", by Aline Villavicencio, University of Essex (UK) and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)		"When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Multiword expressions and idiomaticity", by Aline Villavicencio, University of Essex (UK) and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)


	Submissions: 37 papers (20 long and 17 short) were submitted. 12 long papers and 8 short ones were selected. 6 papers (1 short and 5 long) were selected as oral presentations and 14 (7 short and 7 long) as posters. The overall acceptance rate was 54%.		Submissions: 37 papers (20 long and 17 short) were submitted. 12 long papers and 8 short ones were selected. 6 papers (1 short and 5 long) were selected as oral presentations and 14 (7 short and 7 long) as posters. The overall acceptance rate was 54%.


	Proceedings: to appear in the ACL Anthology.		Proceedings: to appear in the ACL Anthology.


	Community discussion: it will include feedback from this joint event, MWE-related announcements, announcements about the SIGLEX-MWE Steering Committee recruitment, plans for future shared task editions and for collaboration between the Universal Dependencies and the PARSEME communities.		Community discussion: it will include feedback from this joint event, MWE-related announcements, announcements about the SIGLEX-MWE Steering Committee recruitment, plans for future shared task editions and for collaboration between the Universal Dependencies and the PARSEME communities.


	'''SIGLEX Endorsed Events in 2019''':		'''SIGLEX Endorsed Events in 2019''':