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Expressibility and the Problem of Efficient Text Planning
Expressibility and the Problem of Efficient Text Planning
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A central problem of natural language generation is that of 'expressibility'. Meteer presents a solution which uses a level of representation called the Text Structure, an intermediate between the representation of world and the language.
Table of Contents
Foreword David McDonald
1 The 'Generation Gap'
1.1 Overview
1.2 Defining the problem
1.3 Text Structure: An Intermediate Level of Representation for Text Planning
2 Terminology and Issues
2.1 The Generation Process
2.2 Issues
3 Motivations From Language and Applications
3.1 Analysis of Revisions
3.2 Motivations from Application
3.3 Summary
4 The Text Structure
4.1 Linguistic Resources
4.2 Determining the Vocabulary of Text Structure
4.3 The Text Structure Representation
5 The Architecture of Spokesman
5.1 Overview of Spokesman
5.2 Building the Text Structure
5.3 Building the Linguistic Specifications
5.4 Control of the Text Planner
6 Text Structure in Action
6.1 Incremental Text Generation from the 'Main Street' Simulation
6.2 Text Structure and Portability
7 Alternative Architectures
7.1 Traditional Two-Component Systems
7.2 Non-Traditional Architectures
7.3 Summary
8 Conclusion
8.1 Methodology
8.2 Summary of the Contributors
8.3 What Does This Work Have to Say to AI in General?
8.4 Future Excitements
Bibliography
Index
1 The 'Generation Gap'
1.1 Overview
1.2 Defining the problem
1.3 Text Structure: An Intermediate Level of Representation for Text Planning
2 Terminology and Issues
2.1 The Generation Process
2.2 Issues
3 Motivations From Language and Applications
3.1 Analysis of Revisions
3.2 Motivations from Application
3.3 Summary
4 The Text Structure
4.1 Linguistic Resources
4.2 Determining the Vocabulary of Text Structure
4.3 The Text Structure Representation
5 The Architecture of Spokesman
5.1 Overview of Spokesman
5.2 Building the Text Structure
5.3 Building the Linguistic Specifications
5.4 Control of the Text Planner
6 Text Structure in Action
6.1 Incremental Text Generation from the 'Main Street' Simulation
6.2 Text Structure and Portability
7 Alternative Architectures
7.1 Traditional Two-Component Systems
7.2 Non-Traditional Architectures
7.3 Summary
8 Conclusion
8.1 Methodology
8.2 Summary of the Contributors
8.3 What Does This Work Have to Say to AI in General?
8.4 Future Excitements
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Dec 17 2015 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781474246569 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Linguistics: Bloomsbury Academic Collections |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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