Fast Parsing using Pruning and Grammar Specialization [article]

Manny Rayner, David Carter
1996 arXiv   pre-print
We show how a general grammar may be automatically adapted for fast parsing of utterances from a specific domain by means of constituent pruning and grammar specialization based on explanation-based learning. These methods together give an order of magnitude increase in speed, and the coverage loss entailed by grammar specialization is reduced to approximately half that reported in previous work. Experiments described here suggest that the loss of coverage has been reduced to the point where it
more » ... no longer causes significant performance degradation in the context of a real application.
arXiv:cmp-lg/9604017v1 fatcat:pcxph7hl7zax7a2tkq7qbercz4