Computational Semantics Seminar

David Beaver and Martin Kay

Fall, 1997 -- Wednesdays at 4:15, Building 260, Room 008


Matters Arising

Week by Week

WeekPresenterSubject
1aDavid and MartinIntroduction
1bDavid and MartinA look at what's been done: demos
2aMartinBasics: Predicate Calculus, NL Interpretation and Lambda Calculus
2b David Content with Unification
3Jerry HobbsInterpretation as Abduction
4aDavidQuantifiers, Scope
4bDavidand Underspecification
5a MartinMinimal Recursion Semantics
5b Mark GawronGeneration and Underspecification
6aMartin OR David Questions and Database Query
6bMartin OR DavidImplementing DRT and Dynamic Semantics
7aAnne Copestake Computational Lexical Semantics
7bJohn Fry Implementation of a Dialogue System (+ demo)
8aMartin Anaphora Resolution (Sidnerian)
8bDavid Anaphora Resolution (Centering)
9aMary DalrympleGlue Language Semantics
9bJohn FryGlue Language Implementation
10Livia Polanyi Discourse Structure and...
10Martin van den Berg ...Discourse Interpretation (?)
11aMichael McDaidLexical Coercion using Compiler Technology
11bJerry HobbsInterpretation as Abduction, pt. II
11cAllFinal Discussion