[CST-2] NLP: statistical parsing

[Vincent Wu]

He prob means the number of interpretations with respect to the rules he is
using.  For the specific set of rules, it is 5.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Harper" <mcnh2@cam.ac.uk>
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Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: [CST-2] NLP: statistical parsing


> Just a teensy question. In the statistical parsing section, th
>
> following sentence is given as having five interpretations:
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> "Sam saw the man in the park with the telescope".
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> Problem is: I think there ought to be more than five: to wit
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> Sam saw the man. Sam was in (the park with the telescope).
> Saw saw the man. The man was in (the park with the telescope)
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> Sam saw the man by using the telescope. The man was in the park.
> Sam saw the man by using the telescope. Sam was in the park.
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> Sam saw the man. Sam was in the park. Sam was with the telescope.
> Sam saw the man. The man was in the park. The man was with the telescope.
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> Sam saw the man. Sam was in the park. The man was with the telescope.
> Sam saw the man. The man was in the park. Saw was with the telescope.
> --
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> What have I missed?
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