Text generation: using discourse strategies and focus constraints to generate natural language text
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Cambridge [u.a.]
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1992
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Using discourse strategies and focus constraints
to generate natural language text
KATHLEEN R McKEOWN
Department of Computer Science, Columbia University
CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
Preface Ix
1 Introduction 1
1 1 Problems in generating text 1
12A processing model 5
13A sketch of related work 6
14A text generation theory and method 8
1 5 System overview 11
1 6 The database application 13
1 7 Other issues 16
1 8 Guide to remaining chapters 17
2 Discourse Structure 10
2 1 Rhetorical predicates 20
211 Linguistic background 20
212 Ordering communicative techniques 21
2 2 Analysis of texts 24
221 Predicate recursiveness 30
222 Summary of text analysis 37
2 3 Related research using rhetorical predicates 38
2 4 Use of schemata 38
241 Associating technique with purpose 40
2 5 Selecting a schema 42
2 6 Filling the schema 45
2 7 An example 47
2 8 Future work 52
2 9 Conclusions 53
3 Focusing In discourse 66
3:1 Computational theories and uses of focusing 56
311 Global focus 56
312 Immediate focus 57
3 2 Focusing and generation 58
321 Global focus and generation 59
322 Immediate focus and generation 60
323 Current focus versus potential focus list 63
324 Current focus versus focus stack 65
325 Other choices 67
326A focus algorithm for generation 69
327 Selecting a default focus 69
328 Overriding the default focus 70
329 The focus algorithm 71
3 2 10 Use of focus sets 73
3 3 Focus and syntactic structures 75
331 Linguistic background 75
332 Passing focus information to the tactical component 77
3 4 Future work 79
3 5 Conclusions 80
4TEXT system Implementation 83
4 1 System components 84
4 2 Knowledge representation 87
421 Representation overview 87
422 Portability 90
423 Summary 91
424 The entity-relationship model 92
425 Use of generalization 93
426 The topic hierarchy 97
427 Relations 100
428 Distinguishing descriptive attributes 102
429 DDAs for database entity generalizations 103
4 2 10 Supporting database attributes 104
4 2 11 Based database attributes 106
4 2 12 DDAs for database entity subsets 109
4 2 13 Constant database attributes 111
4 3 Selection of relevant knowledge 113
431 Requests for information and definitions 113
432 Comparisons 114
433 Determining closeness 114
434 Relevancy on the basis of conceptual closeness 116
435 Conclusions 121
4 4 Schema implementation 122
441 Arc types 122
442 Arc actions 123
443 Registers 123
444 Graphs used 124
445 Traversing the graph 124
446 The compare and contrast schema 130
4 5 The tactical component 133
451 Overview of functional grammar 133
452 The grammar formalism 134
453A functional grammar 138
454 The unifier 140
455 The TEXT system unifier 141
VI
456 Unifying a sample input with a sample grammar 144
457 Grammar implementation 147
458 Morphology and linearization 151
459 Extensions 152
4 5 10 Disadvantages 152
4 5 11 Advantages 153
4 6 The dictionary 155
461 Design 155
462 Structure of dictionary entries 156
463 General entries 157
464 An example 160
465 Creating the dictionary 164
466 Conclusions 167
4 7 Practical considerations 168
471 User needs 168
472 Question coverage 169
473 Conclusions 169
6 Discourse history 171
5 1 Possible discourse history records 171
5 2 Questions about the difference between entities 172
5 3 Requests for definitions 178
5 4 Requests for information 180
5 5 Summary 183
6 Related generation research 186
6 1 Tactical components - early systems 186
6 2 Tactical components - later works 187
6 3 Generation in database systems 188
6 4 Planning and generation 189
6 5 Knowledge needed for generation 190
6 6 Text generation 190
7 Summary and conclusions 196
7 1 Discourse structure 195
7 2 Relevancy criterion 195
7 3 Discourse coherency 196
7 4 Generality of generation principles 196
7 5 An evaluation of the generated text 197
7 6 Limitations of the implemented system 199
7 7 Future directions 200
771 Discourse structure 200
772 Relevancy 203
773 Coherency 203
774 User model 204
775 Conclusion 204
Appendix A Sample output of the TEXT system 206
Appendix B Introduction to Working 223
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Appendix C Resources used 226
Appendix D Predicate Semantics 227
Bibliography 287
Index 244
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