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Some Principles for Implementing Underspecification in NLP Systems

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Natural Language Processing — NLP 2000 (NLP 2000)

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This paper deals with theoretical and applied NLP consideration about sense variation and its representation by means of underspecification. We underline the main problematics, and show how Lexical Conceptual Structures can be used, paired with elements from the Generative Lexicon, to deal with meaning variations introduced by arguments w.r.t. the basic sense of a predicate. We develop different forms of underspecification and instantiations and show more formally an instantiation procedure based on constraint resolution.

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  1. EHESS, 9, rue de Mezieres, 75006, Paris, France

    Alda Mari

  2. IRIT-CNRS, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France

    Patrick Saint-Dizier

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  1. Computer Engineering Department and Computer Technology Institute, University of Patras, 26500, Patras, Greece

    Dimitris N. Christodoulakis

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Mari, A., Saint-Dizier, P. (2000). Some Principles for Implementing Underspecification in NLP Systems. In: Christodoulakis, D.N. (eds) Natural Language Processing — NLP 2000. NLP 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1835. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45154-4_7

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