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# CMNA 2023
Computational Models of Natural Argument 2023

### Proceedings of the 23nd Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument (CMNA 2023)

### Virtual Event, December 3rd, 2023.

Edited by

### Floriana Grasso(1)
Nancy L. Green(2)
Jodi Schneider(3)
Simon Wells(4)

(1) Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, UK
(2) Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US
(3) School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Campaign, US
(4) School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

### Programme Committee

> Reva Freedman - Northern Illinois University US
> Yuanxi Fu - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign US
> Massimiliano Giacomin - University of Brescia Italy
> Randy Harris - University of Waterloo Canada
> Stella Heras - Universitat Politècnica de València Spain
> Helmut Horacek - Saarland University Germany
> Mare Koit - University of Tartu Estonia
> Collin Lynch - North Carolina State University US
> Jack Mumford - University of Liverpool UK
> Elena Musi - University of Liverpool UK
> Rudi Palmieri - University of Liverpool UK
> Andrea Pazienza - A3K Srl & NTT DATA SpA Italy
> Paul Piwek - The Open University UK
> Ramon Ruiz Dolz - Universitat Politècnica de València Spain
> Patrick Saint-Dizier - IRIT-CNRS France
> Guillermo R. Simari - Universidad del Sur in Bahia Blanca Argentina
> Mark Snaith - Robert Gordon University Aberdeen UK
> Francielle Vargas - University of São Paulo Brasil
> Tommy Yuan - University of York UK
> Heng Zheng - School of Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign US

## Table of Contents

Summary: There were 7 papers submitted for peer-review to this workshop. Out of these, 5 papers were accepted for this volume, 2 as regular papers and 3 as short papers. In addition, two papers were accepted as extended abstracts.

### Accepted Papers

- RST and Practical Reasoning Argumentation Schemes 1-11
  Nancy L. Green
- Let’s explain what we argue for: The argumentative function of explanations in Earnings Conference Calls 12-21
  Giulia D'Agostino
- The Role of Intermediate Factors in Explaining Precedential Constraint 21-32
  Trevor Bench-Capon
- Finding Important Arguments from a Legal Case 33-37
  Daniel Konstantynowicz, Franciszek Grzegorz Wojciechowski, Procheta Sen
- Deontological Argumentation Schemes 38-42
  Nancy L. Green

### Accepted Extended Abstracts

- The Interplay of Multimodal Argumentation, AudioSonic Resonance, Secular Mysticism, and Natural Argumentation in Computational Models - extended abstract 43-48
  Loris Isabettini
- On The Role of Dialogue Models in the Age of Large Language Models - extended abstract 49-51
  Simon Wells, Mark Snaith

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