We infer semantic classes of verbs signaling modality from a purely syntactic classification of 637 German verbs by applying findings from linguistics about correspondences between verb meaning and syntax. Our extensive evaluation of the semantic classification is based on a linking to three other lexical resources at the word sense level: to the German wordnet GermaNet and to the English resou...

The correctness of model transformation is an import research field in model-driven architecture. Syntactic correctness and semantic consistency are hot topics in the field of model transformation. Syntactic correctness has many mature solutions. However the validation of semantic consistency has some problems. Therefore, how to validate semantic consistency of model transformation is a major p...

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While comparing different model transformation languages (MTLs), it is common to refer to their syntactic and semantic features and overlook their supporting tools’ performance. Performance is one of the aspects that can hamper the application of MDD to industrial scenarios. An highly declarative MTL might simply not scale well when using large models due to its supporting implementation. In th...

In this paper, we examine the importance of intonational knowledge and its acquisition, representation and activation in an unrestricted text-to-speech system for Indian languages, particularly for Hindi. The declarative sentences in Hindi show a declining pattern of fundamental frequency (Fa) contour whereas interrogative sentences show a rising FQ contour. This backdrop declining or rising pa...

In this paper we present a previously unexplored approach to recognizing the textual extent of temporal expressions. Based on the observation that temporal expressions are syntactic constituents, we use functional dependency relations between tokens in a sentence to determine which words in addition to a trigger word belong to the extent of the expression. This method is particularly attractive...

We approach the zero-anaphora resolution problem by decomposing it into intra-sentential and inter-sentential zeroanaphora resolution. For the former problem, syntactic patterns of the appearance of zero-pronouns and their antecedents are useful clues. Taking Japanese as a target language, we empirically demonstrate that incorporating rich syntactic pattern features in a state-of-the-art learni...

The present study investigated the effect of different types of text simplification (i.e., reducing the lexical and syntactic complexity of texts) on reading comprehension of English as a Foreign Language learners (EFL). Sixty female intermediate EFL learners from three intact classes in Tabarestan Language Institute in Tehran participated in the study. The intact classes were assigned to three...

Fuzzy-Attribute Graph (FAG) was proposed to handle fuzziness in the pattern primitives in structural pattern recognition. FAG has the advantage that we can combine several possible definitions into a single template, and hence only one matching is required instead of one for each definition. Also, each vertex or edge of the graph can contain fuzzy attributes to model real-life situations. Howev...

In this paper we present a new web framework for compiling and publishing evaluation results for CROHME 2016. The framework makes user easier to view and organize handwritten math expression recognition evaluation results produced by the LgEval library. LgEval is used for evaluating structural pattern recognition systems, which was originally developed as the standard evaluation tool for the CR...