Title :
Intelligent natural language query processor
Author :
Ahmed, Mohsin ; Gandhe, Milind
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Bombay, India
Abstract :
A description is given of the implementation of a natural language query (NLQ) processor based on the pattern matching paradigm (PMP) in standard Prolog on an IBM-PC/XT. In the light of this experiment, certain issues encountered in natural language understanding are discussed. PMP is a simplistic syntactic approach to natural language understanding and works well in limited applications. However, the NLQ presented cannot detect semantic contradictions, as it does not use any data restriction/dependency information to detect semantic errors in conversation
Keywords :
database management systems; natural languages; pattern recognition; query languages; IBM-PC/XT; NLP; Prolog; natural language query; natural language understanding; pattern matching paradigm; semantic contradictions; semantic errors; Computer science; Database systems; Human factors; Keyword search; Libraries; Management training; Natural language processing; Natural languages; Pattern matching; Portable media players;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON '89. Fourth IEEE Region 10 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Bombay
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1989.176891
