METHOD OF TRANSFORMING NATURAL LANGUAGE EXPRESSION INTO FORMAL LANGUAGE REPRESENTATION
First Claim
1. A method of transforming natural language expression into formal language representation comprising the steps of:
- partially parsing one or more natural language expressions; and
associating one or more formal expressions with each parsed fragment; and
selecting an appropriate subset of said formal expressions for user review; and
converting said subset into suitable form for presentation to a user; and
presenting said suitable form to a user wherein the user optionally selects, rejects, adds to, logically connects, and otherwise manipulates members of said subset; and
combining the resulting plurality of formal expressions into a single formal representation.
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Abstract
This invention comprises a series of steps which transforms one or more natural language expressions into a single, well-formed formal language representation. Each natural language expression is partially parsed into simple fragments, each of which is then associated with one or more short formal expressions. Each formal expression is constructed in such a way as to contain one or more placeholder variables, each of which is associated with one or more attributes to constrain the types of entities that each variable can potentially represent. The resulting plurality of formal expressions is then filtered for relevance within a given context, and the surviving expressions manipulated based upon a plurality of rules, which are cognizant of the attributes associated with each variable contained therein. A user is then presented with the resulting plurality of formal expressions, whereupon the user optionally selects, rejects, adds to, logically connects and otherwise manipulates each member of said plurality. When the user is satisfied that the plurality represents an intended meaning, the formal expressions are combined into a single, formal representation.
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1. A method of transforming natural language expression into formal language representation comprising the steps of:
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partially parsing one or more natural language expressions; and associating one or more formal expressions with each parsed fragment; and selecting an appropriate subset of said formal expressions for user review; and converting said subset into suitable form for presentation to a user; and presenting said suitable form to a user wherein the user optionally selects, rejects, adds to, logically connects, and otherwise manipulates members of said subset; and combining the resulting plurality of formal expressions into a single formal representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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