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This paper describes GET (Graph Editor and Tools), a tool based on Sowa's conceptual structures, which can be used for generic knowledge acquisition and representation. The system enabled the acquisition of semantic information (restrictions) for a lexicon used by a semantic interpreter for Portuguese sentences featuring some deduction capabilities. GET also enables the graphical representation of conceptual relations by incorporating an X-Windows based editor.
This work was partially supported by JNICT, under contracts PMCT/P/TIT/167/90 and PMCT/MIC/87439, by INIC, under project CALIPSO, by FCT/UNL, and by Gabinete de Filosofia do Conhecimento.
Owns a scholarship (PMCT/BIC/114/90) from Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica.
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Wermelinger, M., Lopes, J.G. (1993). An X-Windows toolkit for knowledge acquisition and representation based on conceptual structures. In: Pfeiffer, H.D., Nagle, T.E. (eds) Conceptual Structures: Theory and Implementation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 754. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57454-9_21
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