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AMOS: A Natural Language Parser Implemented as a Deductive Database in LOLA

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In this paper we present the set-oriented bottom-up parsing system AMOS which is a major application of the LOLA deductive database system. AMOS supports the morpho-syntactical analysis of Old Hebrew and has now been operationally used by linguists for a couple of years. The system allows the declarative specification of Definite Clause Grammar rules. Due to the set-oriented bottom-up evaluation strategy of LOLA LOLA it is particularly well suited to the analysis of language ambiguities.

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  1. Technische Universitat Munchen, Orleansstr. 34, Munchen, D-81667, German

    Gunther Specht

  2. Universitat Passau, D-94030, Passau, Germany

    Burkhard Freitag

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Specht, G., Freitag, B. (1995). AMOS: A Natural Language Parser Implemented as a Deductive Database in LOLA. In: Ramakrishnan, R. (eds) Applications of Logic Databases. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 296. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2207-2_9

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