marshall@marshall.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Marshall) (04/10/91)
I'm writing a paper on parsing of ambiguous patterns, such as certain ones arising in ordinary language. As an example, the utterances "Gray chips" and "Great ships" can sound identical [Grossberg], but of course they are parsed differently depending on context. We might consider this to be a grouping problem. The three sounds "GRAY," "T," and "SHIPS" can be grouped syntactically as (GRAY+T)(SHIPS) or as (GRAY)(T+SHIPS). I am looking for a longer version of this same idea. That is, can someone come up with an English sentence or phrase that has 2 or more possible word-level parsings? These might obey either the pattern (A)(B+C)(D+E)(F) or the pattern (A+B)(C+D)(E+F), for example. The exact length or the particular grouping patterns are not of great importance to me. Please e-mail to me. If there is enough interest, I'll summarize to the net. The authors whose examples I use will be properly acknowledged in my paper. Thanks! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Jonathan A. Marshall marshall@cs.unc.edu = = Department of Computer Science = = CB 3175, Sitterson Hall = = University of North Carolina Office 919-962-1887 = = Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175, U.S.A. Fax 919-962-1799 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =