LINGUIST List 9.1387

Tue Oct 6 1998

FYI: Ergo's NLP, Conference address

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  • Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D., Ergo's NLP in Boston
  • Dr. Ana Roca, Web address for XVII SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE

    Message 1: Ergo's NLP in Boston

     Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:46:23 -1000 (HST)
    From: Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. <bralichhawaii.edu>
    Subject: Ergo's NLP in Boston


    In conjunction with a trade show/conference I am going to be in Boston during the first week of November and would like to know if there are any classes or student seminars or something of the sort which would be interested in seeing a demonstration of Ergo's NLP tools and in hearing a lecture about them. Those in the area at that time who are familiar with our NLP that have not had an opportunity to see or try them can do so at that time. Reply to me privately for details.

    The lecture is called "The Best Theory of Syntax" and it presents the argument that: Since all theoretical mechanisms ever proposed for any theory of syntax can be implemented in a programming language, a computer can be used as physical evidence of the viability of a particular theory. That is, whichever theory can be most completely implemented in a programming language should be judged to be the best theory of syntax. The demonstration of the Ergo NLP tools is part of this lecture.

    As part of this lecture/demonstration, I will demonstrate software that: 1) generates Penn Treebank style labelled brackets (the standard for the industry) and equivalent tree structures, 2) does navigation and control of computers and software using full sentences rather than a few short phrases, 3) can provide first order predicate calculus descriptions of input strings, 4) can do syllogistic reasoning, and 5) can be used as a multi-purpose engine in a variety of Natural Language tools. Finally and most importantly, it will demonstrate a q&a ability that is sufficiently sophisticated to allow search engines such as Yahoo to return one sole response to a question like "Who was the third President of the United States?" rather than 3,786,903 [_Excite_,October 4, 1998].

    It is important to note many of these NLP tools are only available through our company and that those that are made elsewhere are usually done far better by us.

    While all this is well-known to the linguistics and NLP communities via protracted and sometimes heated discussions on this newslist (January of 97 and January of 98) and the several thousand visitors we have had to our web site (which is only advertised to linguists and NLP professionals) I believe it would be of value to students and professionals alike to meet and interact over this lecture and these demonstrations.

    Please respond privately if you are aware of a lecture group or class that I could address in the Boston area during that first week of November. If such an arrangement can be made, it can be announced according to your standard procedures afterward.

    Phil Bralich



    Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822

    Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)539-3924 bralichhawaii.edu http://www.ergo-ling.com

    Message 2: Web address for XVII SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE

     Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 08:51:20 -0400
    From: Dr. Ana Roca <rocaafiu.edu>
    Subject: Web address for XVII SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE


    Reminder: Deadline for Call for Papers for the Spanish in the United States Conference, is October 19, 1998.

    We have recently created a web page which contains the Call for Papers and which will later on include hotel information as well as the preliminary program and information about Miami, Coral Gables and Florida International University.

    Please visit our website: http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/modlang/spanishusa.htm

    or contact:

    Dr. Ana Roca at: rocaafiu.edu