LEWIS@cs.umass.EDU (05/02/88)
This is a basic, run-of-the-mill, "We want tools" message.
In particular, what we're looking for is a robust implementation
of a syntactic parser. We're much more interested in a reliable
piece of Common LISP software that implements a basic chart parser
or something similar, than in a cutting edge piece of research
software. Plusses would be large existing grammars or lexicons,
hooks for semantic interpretation, or good documentation. The
parser would be used for research on document retrieval by
the Intelligent Information Retrieval group here at U Mass, and we
would be happy to provide the authors with plenty of data on
its performance on large quantities of real world text, as well
as on our experiences with using the on-line Longman dictionary
with it. I'd be interested in hearing from both users and
authors/maintainers of such software. If there's sufficient
interest, I'll summarize to the net.
Thanks,
David D. Lewis INTERNET: lewis@cs.umass.edu
COINS Dept. BITNET: lewis@umass
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
ph. 413-545-0728