Title :
Parsing unification categorial grammar with object-oriented knowledge
Author :
Li, Li ; Bryant, Barrett R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Alabama Univ., Birmingham, AL, USA
Abstract :
A multiple nonmonotonic inheritance network with type hierarchies based on the LIFE programming language is proposed for Unification Categorial Grammar (UCG) to specify a large and complex lexicon. Inheritance is defined as a deductive unification process that incrementally refines classes. The disjunctive interpretation with generalization provides a practical solution to the potential contradictions caused by nonmonotonic inheritance. The transformation of UCG categories into augmented context-free lexical rules leads to a more natural representation of UCG and an efficient parsing algorithm
Keywords :
grammars; inheritance; natural language interfaces; object-oriented databases; LIFE programming language; context-free lexical rules; nonmonotonic inheritance; object-oriented databases; object-oriented knowledge; parsing; type hierarchies; unification categorial grammar; Computational linguistics; Computer networks; Context modeling; IP networks; Logic programming; Natural language processing; Natural languages; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1994. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6785-0
DOI :
10.1109/TAI.1994.346516
