TY - JOUR
T1 - A priori analysis of natural language queries
AU - Spiegler, Israel
AU - Elata, Smadar
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is being supported in part by the Israel Institute of Business Research (IIBR) at Tel Aviv University and by the Israel Ministry of Defense.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - A model for the a priori analysis of natural language queries is presented. Such a model may be used for analyzing queries at the local user workstation and for filtering unanswerable questions. Consequently, unnecessary network traffic and unproductive work at remote information systems may be saved. An algorithm for transforming a natural language query into a logical pattern that represents the meaning of the query is suggested and illustrated. It is claimed that the completeness of the logical pattern is a useful criterion for determining the answerability of the query. The feasibility of the algorithm is tested and validated by a prototype system implemented in PROLOG.
AB - A model for the a priori analysis of natural language queries is presented. Such a model may be used for analyzing queries at the local user workstation and for filtering unanswerable questions. Consequently, unnecessary network traffic and unproductive work at remote information systems may be saved. An algorithm for transforming a natural language query into a logical pattern that represents the meaning of the query is suggested and illustrated. It is claimed that the completeness of the logical pattern is a useful criterion for determining the answerability of the query. The feasibility of the algorithm is tested and validated by a prototype system implemented in PROLOG.
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U2 - 10.1016/0306-4573(88)90001-5
DO - 10.1016/0306-4573(88)90001-5
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AN - SCOPUS:45549114569
SN - 0306-4573
VL - 24
SP - 619
EP - 631
JO - Information Processing and Management
JF - Information Processing and Management
IS - 6
ER -