Adapting tabular data for narration
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1. A method for adapting tabular data for narration, the method comprising:
- identifying, in a first tabular portion of a document, a set of categories used to organize data;
analyzing a structure of the categories, wherein the set of categories is arranged in a hierarchy in the first tabular portion;
drawing an inference of inclusion between a plurality of clauses corresponding to a plurality of categories in the hierarchy, the inference determining that one clause in the plurality of clauses includes another clause in the plurality of clauses according to a natural language-dependent grammatical rule;
connecting the plurality of clauses in the hierarchy into a narrative statement according to linguistic dependencies between the plurality of clauses, the plurality of clauses corresponding to the plurality of categories from the set of categories;
drawing an inference about data in a first cell in the first tabular portion based on a position of the first cell in the structure; and
transforming the first tabular portion of the document into a first narrative form using the inference, wherein the first narrative form uses the narrative statement.
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A method for adapting tabular data for narration is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of categories used to organize data is identified in a first tabular portion of a document. A structure of the categories is analyzed. An inference is drawn about data in a first cell in the first tabular portion based on a position of the first cell in the structure. The first tabular portion of the document is transformed into a first narrative form using the inference.
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1. A method for adapting tabular data for narration, the method comprising:
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identifying, in a first tabular portion of a document, a set of categories used to organize data; analyzing a structure of the categories, wherein the set of categories is arranged in a hierarchy in the first tabular portion; drawing an inference of inclusion between a plurality of clauses corresponding to a plurality of categories in the hierarchy, the inference determining that one clause in the plurality of clauses includes another clause in the plurality of clauses according to a natural language-dependent grammatical rule; connecting the plurality of clauses in the hierarchy into a narrative statement according to linguistic dependencies between the plurality of clauses, the plurality of clauses corresponding to the plurality of categories from the set of categories; drawing an inference about data in a first cell in the first tabular portion based on a position of the first cell in the structure; and transforming the first tabular portion of the document into a first narrative form using the inference, wherein the first narrative form uses the narrative statement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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