rapaport@sunybcs (William J. Rapaport) (02/19/88)
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
COLLOQUIUM
THE REPRESENTATION AND RESOLUTION OF NATURAL LANGUAGE AMBIGUITY
Graeme Hirst
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
There are many different kinds of ambiguity in natural
language, and an NLU program needs to be able to deal with
all of them. Resolving ambiguity requires two actions:
determining what the possibilities are, and then choosing
among them. I will describe work on ambiguities of word
meaning, thematic structure, and description, with some
emphasis on the degree of psychological reality embodied in
each component.
Date: Thursday, 25th February, 1988
Time: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Place: Bell 337, Amherst Campus
Danish and Coffee will be served at 4:30 pm at Bell 224.
For further information, call (716) 636-3199.