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ACL
1989
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A Transfer Model Using a Typed Feature Structure Rewriting System with Inheritance
We propose a model for transfer in machine translation which uses a rewriting system for typed feature structures. The grammar definitions describe transfer relations which are ap...
Rémi Zajac
ACL
1989
13 years 8 months ago
A Hybrid Approach to Representation in the Janus Natural Language Processor
In BBN's natural language understanding and generation system (Janus), we have used a hybrid approach to representation, employing an intensional logic for the representation...
Ralph M. Weischedel
ACL
1989
13 years 8 months ago
Automatic Acquisition of the Lexical Semantics of Verbs from Sentence Frames
This paper presents a computational model ofverb acquisitionwhich uses what we willcallthe principle of structured overeommitment to eliminate the need for negative evidence. The ...
Mort Webster, Mitchell P. Marcus
ACL
1989
13 years 8 months ago
Evaluating Discourse Processing Algorithms
In order to take steps towards establishing a methodology for evaluating Natural Language systems, we conducted a case study. We attempt to evaluate two different approaches to an...
Marilyn A. Walker
ACL
1989
13 years 8 months ago
A Semantic-Head-Driven Generation Algorithm for Unification-Based Formalisms
We present an algorithm for generating strings from logical form encodings that improves upon previous algorithms in that it places fewer restrictions on the class of grammars to ...
Stuart M. Shieber, Gertjan van Noord, Robert C. Mo...
ACL
1989
13 years 8 months ago
The Effects of Interaction on Spoken Discourse
Near-term spoken language systems willlikely be limited in their interactive capabilities. To design them, we shall need to model how the presence or absence of speaker interactio...
Sharon L. Oviatt, Philip R. Cohen