[Spambayes] Link Grammar?

Greg Ward gward@python.net
Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:43:16 -0400


On 12 September 2002, Robert Oschler said:
> Hi I'm new to this list.  Has anyone mentioned Link Grammar?  It's an
> open source natural language parser that is very impressive.  I'm
> starting to work with it now.  I would think that knowing the usage of
> a word (noun, subject, preposition), _and_ its relation other words in
> the sentence (e.g., object of a verb, complement to the verb "to
> be/is", would be a boon to really refining the probability trees.

To channel the Tim-bot: it's not necessary to be so smart.  Simple and
stupid seems to work best here, despite everyone's instinctive reaction.

        Greg
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