ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
In this paper we present a method to group adjectives according to their meaning, as a first step towards the automatic identification of adjectival scales. We discuss the propert...
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
In recent years there is much interest in word cooccurrence relations, such as n-grams, verb-object combinations, or cooccurrence within a limited context. This paper discusses ho...
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
In this paper we describe a new technique for parsing free text: a transformational grammar I is automatically learned that is capable of accurately parsing text into binary-branc...
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
We propose a plan-based approach for responding to user queries in a collaborative environment. We argue that in such an environment, the system should not accept the user's ...
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
Various feature descriptions are being employed in constrained-based grammar formalisms. The common notational primitive of these descriptions are functional attributes called fea...
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
We show that feature logic extended by functional uncertainty is decidable, even if one admits cyclic descriptions. We present an algorithm, which solves feature descriptions cont...
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
We describe a generative probabilistic model of natural language, which we call HBG, that takes advantage of detailed linguistic information to resolve ambiguity. HBG incorporates...
ACL
1993
13 years 9 months ago
1993
This paper presents a cooperative consultation system on a restricted domain. The system builds hypotheses on the user's plan and avoids misunderstandings (with consequent re...