Generating Expressions Referring to Eventualities

Jon Oberlander, Robert Dale

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Abstract

We note (a) the well-rehearsed linguistic observation that eventualities can be referred to by using either noun phrases or sentences, and (b) the seductive ontological parallels drawn by Bach [1986] between eventualities and individuals. We show how the mechanisms for knowledge representation and referring expression generation in an existing natural language generation system [Dale 1988, 1989] can be easily extended to combine these two insights in the generation of a wide variety of forms of reference to eventualities.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Place of PublicationHillsdale, New Jersey
PublisherLAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL
Pages67-72
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)0-8058-1138-9
Publication statusPublished - 1991
EventThirteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (COG SC 91) - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: 7 Aug 199110 Aug 1991

Conference

ConferenceThirteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (COG SC 91)
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period7/08/9110/08/91

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • seductive ontological parallel
  • well-rehearsed linguistic observation
  • expression generation
  • natural language generation system dale
  • wide variety
  • knowledge representation
  • noun phrase

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