Two approaches to semantic interfaces in text generation
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen · 1990
This paper is a contribution towards the exploration of semantic interfaces in text generation systems. It suggests a general interpretation of semantics for the purpose of text generation as an interlevel between lexicogrammar (the resources of grammar and vocabulary) and higher levels of organization (knowledge base, user model, text planning, and so on). Two approaches to the design of this interlevel that have been implemented in generation systems are then presented -- chooser & inquiry semantics and situation-specific semantic systems. They are compared and contrasted to bring out their relative merits.