New Concepts in Natural Language Generation
Planning, Realization and Systems
Published on 17. December 2015
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-4742-4641-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book aims to inform researchers with an interest in natural language generation about advances in the field. It is organised around four topics - system architectures, content planning, discourse planning and realisation in linguistic form - and it presents some of the most important works in this area of research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
672 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4742-4641-5 (9781474246415)
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Helmut Horacek works for the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and taught at Saarland University, Germany.
Michael Zock is Emeritus Research Director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Aix-Marseille University, France.
Michael Zock is Emeritus Research Director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Aix-Marseille University, France.
Content
Introduction Helmut Horacek and Michael Zock
Part I. Content Planning
1. Content Determination and Text Structuring: Two Interrelated Processes Denis Carcagno And Lidija Iordanskaja
2. Explanation Strategies for KADS-Based Expert Systems Michael Sprenger
Part II. Text Planning
3. From Interclausal Relations To Discourse Structure - A Long Way Behind, A Long Way Ahead Eduard Hovy
4. Organising Discourse Structure Relations Using Metafunctions Elisabeth Maier and Eduard Hovy
5. From Constituent Planning To Text Planning Zuzana Krifka-Dobei and Hans-Joachim Novak
Part III. Realization
6. How a Systemic Functional Grammar Works: The Role of Realization in Realization Robin P. Fawcett, Gordon H. Tucker and Yuen Q. Lin
7. Head-Driven Bottom-Up Generation and Government and Binding: A Unified Perspective Fabio Pianesi
Part IV. Systems
8. Decision Making Throughout the Generation Process in The Systems WISBER And DIAMOD
Helmut Horacek
9. A Revision-Based Generation Architecture for Reporting Facts in Their Historical Context Jacques Robin
Part V. Selected Topics
10. The Initial Specifications for Generation
Introduction: Helmut Horacek
A. The Initial Specifications for Generation: Robert Dale
B. 'Does Natural Language Generation Start From A Specification?': David D. McDonald
C. Notes on 'The Initial Specifications for Generation': Dietmar Rosner
D. On the Generator Input of the Future: Eduard Hovy
11. Lexicalization
Introduction: Ernst Buchberger
A. Is Content Generation A One-Shot Process Or A Cyclical Activity Of Gradual Refinement? The Case of Lexical Choice: Michael Zock
B. Lexical Choice and Lexical Preferences: Ehud Reiter
C. A Holistic View of Lexical Choice: Stephan Busemann
D. Ontology and Lexical Choice: Hans-Joachim Novak
Index
Part I. Content Planning
1. Content Determination and Text Structuring: Two Interrelated Processes Denis Carcagno And Lidija Iordanskaja
2. Explanation Strategies for KADS-Based Expert Systems Michael Sprenger
Part II. Text Planning
3. From Interclausal Relations To Discourse Structure - A Long Way Behind, A Long Way Ahead Eduard Hovy
4. Organising Discourse Structure Relations Using Metafunctions Elisabeth Maier and Eduard Hovy
5. From Constituent Planning To Text Planning Zuzana Krifka-Dobei and Hans-Joachim Novak
Part III. Realization
6. How a Systemic Functional Grammar Works: The Role of Realization in Realization Robin P. Fawcett, Gordon H. Tucker and Yuen Q. Lin
7. Head-Driven Bottom-Up Generation and Government and Binding: A Unified Perspective Fabio Pianesi
Part IV. Systems
8. Decision Making Throughout the Generation Process in The Systems WISBER And DIAMOD
Helmut Horacek
9. A Revision-Based Generation Architecture for Reporting Facts in Their Historical Context Jacques Robin
Part V. Selected Topics
10. The Initial Specifications for Generation
Introduction: Helmut Horacek
A. The Initial Specifications for Generation: Robert Dale
B. 'Does Natural Language Generation Start From A Specification?': David D. McDonald
C. Notes on 'The Initial Specifications for Generation': Dietmar Rosner
D. On the Generator Input of the Future: Eduard Hovy
11. Lexicalization
Introduction: Ernst Buchberger
A. Is Content Generation A One-Shot Process Or A Cyclical Activity Of Gradual Refinement? The Case of Lexical Choice: Michael Zock
B. Lexical Choice and Lexical Preferences: Ehud Reiter
C. A Holistic View of Lexical Choice: Stephan Busemann
D. Ontology and Lexical Choice: Hans-Joachim Novak
Index