Finite-state phrase parsing by rule sequences
Marc Vilain, David S. Day · 1996
We present a novel approach to parsing phrase grammars based on Eric Brill's notion of rule sequences. The basic framework we describe has somewhat less power than a finite-state machine, and yet achieves high accuracy on standard phrase parsing tasks. The rule language is simple, which makes it easy to write rules. Further, this simplicity enables the automatic acquisition of phrase-parsing rules through an error-reduction strategy.