Contextual Inference in Computational Semantics
Abstract
In this paper, an application of automated theorem proving techniques to computational semantics is considered. In order to compute the presuppositions of a natural language discourse, several inference tasks arise. Instead of treating these inferences independently of each other, we show how integrating techniques from formal approaches to context into deduction can help to compute presuppositions more efficiently. Contexts are represented as Discourse Representation Structures and the way they are nested is made explicit. In addition, a tableau calculus is present which keeps track of contextual information, and thereby allows to avoid carrying out redundant inference steps as it happens in approaches that neglect explicit nesting of contexts.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- September 2000
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.cs/0009016
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cs/0009016
- Bibcode:
- 2000cs........9016M
- Keywords:
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- Computer Science - Computation and Language;
- Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence;
- F.4.1;
- I.2.7
- E-Print:
- In: P. Bouquet, P. Brezillon, L. Serafini, M. Benerecetti, F. Castellani (Eds.) 2nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT'99). Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1688, Springer, 1999, pages 242-255