On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:17:13PM -0600, Linas Vepstas wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 11:11:41AM -0800, Matt Mahoney wrote: > > --- Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I "randomly" selected the link grammer parser > > > http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/link/ for the parser, > > > > It still has a few bugs. > > > > (S (NP I) > > (VP ate pizza > > (PP with > > (NP pepperoni))) > > .) > > > > (S (NP I) > > (VP ate pizza > > (PP with > > (NP Bob))) > > .) > > > > (S (NP I) > > (VP ate pizza > > (PP with > > (NP a fork))) > > .) > > ? Its a parser, not a common-sense reasoning machine. > 1) check the box "all linkages" > 2) notice that there can be several alternative linkages. > 3) notice that some of the parsed sentences had both > unknown words, and null linkages -- i.e. it was unable > to parse, but provided a few of its best guesses. > > If you don't know what "pepperoni" is, it's worthwhile > to explore the possibility that "pepperoni" is an eating > utensil, or that "pepperoni" is a person's name.
Also, that praser is aimed at "written" not "chat" english. So, I found out that "I ate a pizza with ..." worked a lot better; the missing article "a" confused it. Do you have any recommendations for other parsers? --linas ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=61394713-573ffe
