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A framework for inference in natural language front ends to databases

Branimir K. Boguraev, Karen Spärck Jones

February 1985, 73 pages

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.48456/tr-64

Abstract

This report discusses the inference requirements to be met by a natural language database front end of the kind developed in Cambridge, with detailed examples, and proposes a framework, exploiting a specific type of network for knowledge representation, for developing the front end to support inference.

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@TechReport{UCAM-CL-TR-64,
  author =	 {Boguraev, Branimir K. and Sp{\"a}rck Jones, Karen},
  title = 	 {{A framework for inference in natural language front ends
         	   to databases}},
  year = 	 1985,
  month = 	 feb,
  url = 	 {https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-64.pdf},
  institution =  {University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory},
  doi = 	 {10.48456/tr-64},
  number = 	 {UCAM-CL-TR-64}
}