Description directed control: its implications for natural language generation

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Comput. Math. Appl.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0898-1221(83)90011-1· OSTI ID:5342107

Mcdonald, D D

This paper proposes a very specifically constrained virtual machine design for goal-directed natural language generation based on a refinement of the technique of data-directed control that the author has termed description-directed control. Important psycholinguistic properties of generation follow inescapably from the use of this control technique, including: efficient runtimes, bounded lookahead, indelible decisions, incremental production of the text, and inescapable adherence to gramaticality. The technique also provides a possible explanation for some well-known universal constraints, though this cannot be confirmed without further empirical investigation. 29 references.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5342107
• Journal Information: Comput. Math. Appl.; (United States), Vol. 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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