Research in Knowledge Representation for Natural Language Understanding

Abstract

BBN's ARPA project in Knowledge Representation for Natural Language Understanding is aimed at developing techniques for rendering computer-based assistance to a decision maker who is attempting to understand and react to a complex, evolving situation. This report summarizes our research in knowledge representation an natural language over the length of the contract. In particular, we discuss the development if KL-ONE, NIKL, and KL-TWO, the advances in RUS and the PSI-KLONE systems, and our work in understanding discourse and speaker's intentions. Key words include: Artificial intelligence, natural language understanding, knowledge representation, semantics, semantic networks, KL-TWO, NIKL, belief and knowledge, reasoning, RUP, syntax, parsing, reference, miscommunication, plan recognition, speaker intention, planning, situation calculus, discourse, semantic acquisition, HSP, IRACQ.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA152260

Entities

People

  • C. Sidner

Organizations

  • BBN Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Graphics
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Natural Language Understanding
  • Natural Languages
  • Reasoning
  • Security
  • Words (Language)

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Linguistics

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Machine Translation