Resolving lexical ambiguity in a deterministic parser
This work is an investigation into part of the human sentence parsing mechanism (HSPM), where parsing implies syntactic and non-syntactic analysis. It is hypothesised. that the HSPM consists of at least two processors. We will call the first processor the syntactic processor, and the second will be known as the non-syntactic processor. For normal sentence processing, the two processors are controlled by a 'normal component~, whilst when an error occurs, they are controlled by an ~error recovery component~. These divisions are based on the observation that human beings are able to bring at least two distinct types of information to bear on a text. The resolution of lexical ambiguity will be used as a vehicle to investigate this hypothesis. Under control of the normal component, the syntactic processor is unconscious, deterministic and fast, but limited. It is hypothesised that the syntactic and Non-syntactic processors work in parallel during the processing of a normal sentence. During processing of some sentences, the syntactic processor will, at key points, ask the non-syntactic processor to make a decision in order to resolve an ambiguity. These key points occur whenever a situation arises in which the syntactic
Milne, Robert W.
computer science
Resolving lexical ambiguity in a deterministic parser. This work is an investigation into part of the human sentence parsing mechanism (HSPM), where parsing implies syntactic and non-syntactic analysis. It is hypothesised. that the HSPM consists of at least two processors. We will call the first processor the syntactic processor, and the second will be known as the non-syntactic processor. For normal sentence processing, the two processors are controlled by a 'normal component~, whilst when an error occurs, they are controlled by an ~error recovery component~. These divisions are based on the observation that human beings are able to bring at least two distinct types of information to bear on a text. The resolution of lexical ambiguity will be used as a vehicle to investigate this hypothesis. Under control of the normal component, the syntactic processor is unconscious, deterministic and fast, but limited. It is hypothesised that the syntactic and Non-syntactic processors work in parallel during the processing of a normal sentence. During processing of some sentences, the syntactic processor will, at key points, ask the non-syntactic processor to make a decision in order to resolve an ambiguity. These key points occur whenever a situation arises in which the syntactic
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