Scope Ambiguity and Inference

Abstract

Relational Semantics can be used to give a denotation to the non- disambiguated logical forms used by Natural Language Processing systems, representations in which the quantifiers are left in situ. Giving a semantics to these logical forms makes it unnecessary for the system to compute all the disambiguated interpretations of a sentence before storing its representation in the knowledge base. Rules of inference can be defined so that the disambiguation process can be formally modeled in a declarative way. 'Weaker' rules of inference can also be specified so that conclusions can be derived from the non- disambiguated representation. natural language processing, semantics, scope ambiguity, relational semantics, DRT, logical forms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA247448

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  • Massimo Poesio

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  • University of Rochester

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Linguistics
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  • Language
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  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Machine Translation