Ambiguity Management in Grammar Writing
When linguistically motivated grammars are implemented on a larger scale & applied to real-life corpora, keeping track of ambiguity sources becomes a difficult task. Yet, it is of great importance since unintended ambiguities arising from underrestricted rules or interactions have to be distingu...
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| Published in: | Research on language and computation 2004-06, Vol.2 (2), p.259-280 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | When linguistically motivated grammars are implemented on a larger scale & applied to real-life corpora, keeping track of ambiguity sources becomes a difficult task. Yet, it is of great importance since unintended ambiguities arising from underrestricted rules or interactions have to be distinguished from linguistically warranted ambiguities. In this paper, we report on various tools in the Xerox Linguistic Environment (XLE) grammar development platform which can be used for ambiguity management in grammar writing. In particular, we look at packed representations of ambiguities that allow the grammar writer to view sorted descriptions of ambiguity sources. Also discussed are tools for specifying desired tree structures. 13 Figures, 27 References. Adapted from the source document |
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| ISSN: | 1570-7075 1572-8706 |