Natural Language Parsing Systems

Robust Parsing Using Multiple Construction-Specific Strategies.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Construction-Specific Flexible Parsing.- 3 The Representation of Ambiguity and Focused Interaction.- 4 Limited-Domain Language Definition.- 5 Parsing Data Base Queries and Updates.- 6 The CASPAR Parser.- 7 The DYPAR Parser.- 8 Combining the Strengths of CASPAR and DYPAR.- 9 Conclusion.- References.- Parsing with Logical Variables.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Definite Clause Grammars.- 3 Comparing DC and ATN Grammars.- 4 Replacing ATN Registers with ATN Variables.- 5 Conclusions.- References.- Knowledge-Based Parsing.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Core Knowledge and Representations.- 3 Increasing the System's Language Capability Through Its Language Capability.- 4 Language Use-Mention Distinction.- 5 Summary.- Appendix: Chronological Summary of Input to the System as Presented in This Chapter.- References.- Using Declarative Knowledge for Understanding Natural Language.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Knowledge.- 3 The Interpreter.- 4 Discussion.- 5 Conclusion.- References.- Weighted Parsing.- 1 The Need for Weighting.- 2 A Digression: Regulation Processes.- 3 Aspects of System Control.- 4 Types of Weighting.- 5 The Application of Weighting in an MT-System.- 6 Examples of the Application of Weighting.- 7 Computation of Weights.- 8 Evaluation of Weights.- References.- A Distributed Word-Based Approach to Parsing.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Background Motivations.- 3 The Parsing System.- 4 Example: "The man throws in the towel".- 5 Word Expert Definition.- 6 Summary and Conclusions.- References.- Parsing by Means of Uppsala Chart Processor (UCP).- 1 Introduction.- 2 Background.- 3 Uppsala Chart Processor.- 4 Applications.- 5 Summary of Experience with UCP.- References.- Preliminary Analysis of a Breadth-First ParsingAlgorithm: Theoretical and Experimental Results.- 1 An Introduction to Chart Parsing.- 2 Taking Advantage of Restricted Grammars.- 3 Transformations and Lexical Rules.- 4 Experimental Results.- 5