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Natural language parser with dictionary-based part-of-speech probabilities

  • US 5,878,386 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1996
  • Issued: 03/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a parser of a natural language processing system, a method comprising the following steps:

  • examining individual dictionary entries for corresponding words in a dictionary;

    counting, for an individual dictionary entry, a number of senses listed in the dictionary entry which are associated with a part of speech; and

    deriving a part-of-speech probability indicative of how likely a dictionary entry is to be a particular part of speech based upon the number of senses associated with the particular part of speech.

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