Preferences

• In the case of pronominal anaphora, the preferences are for:
  1. candidates in the same turn as that of the anaphor
  2. candidates in the previous turn
  3. candidate proper nouns or indefinite NPs
  4. (for personal pronouns) candidate proper nouns
  5. candidates that have been repeated more than once (repeated forms and repeated mentions)
  6. candidates that have appeared more than once in construction with the verb in construction with the anaphor
  7. candidates in the same position as the anaphor with reference to the verb (before or after)
  8. candidates in the same position with reference to the utterance as the anaphor
  9. candidates not in circumstantial adjuncts
  10. candidates most repeated in the text
  11. candidates most often appearing in construction with the verb in construction with the anaphor
  12. the closest candidate to the anaphor

• In the case of adjectival anaphora, the preferences are for:
  1. candidates in the same turn as that of the anaphor
  2. candidates in the previous turn
  3. candidates sharing the same kind of modifier as the anaphor (e.g., a prepositional phrase)
  4. candidates sharing the same modifier as the anaphor (e.g., the same adjective: 'roja' red)
  5. candidates agreeing in number
  6. candidates most often repeated in the text
  7. candidates appearing most often in construction with the verb in construction with the anaphor
  8. the closest candidate to the anaphor