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