SEM-I Rational MT: Enriching Deep Grammars with a Semantic Interface for Scalable Machine Translation

Dan Flickinger, Jan Tore Lønning, Helge Dyvik, Stephan Oepen, Francis Bond


Abstract
In the LOGON machine translation system where semantic transfer using Minimal Recursion Semantics is being developed in conjunction with two existing broad-coverage grammars of Norwegian and English, we motivate the use of a grammar-specific semantic interface (SEM-I) to facilitate the construction and maintenance of a scalable translation engine. The SEM-I is a theoretically grounded component of each grammar, capturing several classes of lexical regularities while also serving the crucial engineering function of supplying a reliable and complete specification of the elementary predications the grammar can realize. We make extensive use of underspecification and type hierarchies to maximize generality and precision.
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2005.mtsummit-papers.22
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Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit X: Papers
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September 13-15
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2005
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Phuket, Thailand
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165–172
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Dan Flickinger, Jan Tore Lønning, Helge Dyvik, Stephan Oepen, and Francis Bond. 2005. SEM-I Rational MT: Enriching Deep Grammars with a Semantic Interface for Scalable Machine Translation. In Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit X: Papers, pages 165–172, Phuket, Thailand.
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