%0 Generic %1 Copestake:1999 %A Copestake, Ann %A Flickinger, Dan %A Sag, Ivan A. %A Pollard, Carl %D 1999 %K MRS HPSG underspecification %T Minimal Recursion Semantics: an Introduction %U http://www-csli.stanford.edu/\~sag/sag.html %X We describe minimal recursion semantics (MRS), a framework for computational semantics which simplifies the design of algorithms. We have integrated an implementation of MRS with an HPSG grammar for both parsing and generation that enables a simple formulation of the grammatical constraints on lexical and phrasal semantics. We discuss why, in general, a semantic representation with minimal structure is desirable and illustrate how a descriptively adequate representation with a nonrecursive structure may be achieved.

@misc{Copestake:1999, abstract = {We describe minimal recursion semantics (MRS), a framework for computational semantics which simplifies the design of algorithms. We have integrated an implementation of MRS with an HPSG grammar for both parsing and generation that enables a simple formulation of the grammatical constraints on lexical and phrasal semantics. We discuss why, in general, a semantic representation with minimal structure is desirable and illustrate how a descriptively adequate representation with a nonrecursive structure may be achieved.}, added-at = {2007-12-14T02:37:40.000+0100}, author = {Copestake, Ann and Flickinger, Dan and Sag, Ivan A. and Pollard, Carl}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25c63a534951aa868d9726c63a24a6364/diego_ma}, interhash = {f964d1829b95e5139c7741163c650fdd}, intrahash = {5c63a534951aa868d9726c63a24a6364}, keywords = {MRS HPSG underspecification}, note = {Draft}, timestamp = {2007-12-14T02:37:40.000+0100}, title = {Minimal Recursion Semantics: an Introduction}, url = {http://www-csli.stanford.edu/\~{}sag/sag.html}, year = 1999 }