Ferraz, Thomas PalmeiraAlcoforado, AlexandreBustos, EnzoOliveira, André SeidelGerber, RodrigoMüller, Naíded’Almeida, André CorrêaVeloso, Bruno MiguelCosta, Anna Helena Reali2022-03-222022-03-222021-11-29http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/37105Subjects change frequently in moderated debates with several participants, such as in parliamentary sessions, electoral debates, and trials. Partitioning a debate into blocks with the same subject is essential for understanding. Often a moderator is responsible for defining when a new block begins so that the task of automatically partitioning a moderated debate can focus solely on the moderator's behavior. In this paper, we (i) propose a new algorithm, DEBACER, which partitions moderated debates; (ii) carry out a comparative study between conventional and BERTimbau pipelines; and (iii) validate DEBACER applying it to the minutes of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. Our results show the effectiveness of DEBACER.engLanguage processingPolitical documentsSpoken text processingSpeech splitDialogue partitioningbook part10.5753/eniac.2021.18293