Computer Science – Computation and Language
Scientific paper
1995-04-26
Computer Science
Computation and Language
29 pages, compressed PS file
Scientific paper
We examine the problem of generating definite noun phrases that are appropriate referring expressions; i.e, noun phrases that (1) successfully identify the intended referent to the hearer whilst (2) not conveying to her any false conversational implicatures (Grice, 1975). We review several possible computational interpretations of the conversational implicature maxims, with different computational costs, and argue that the simplest may be the best, because it seems to be closest to what human speakers do. We describe our recommended algorithm in detail, along with a specification of the resources a host system must provide in order to make use of the algorithm, and an implementation used in the natural language generation component of the IDAS system. This paper will appear in the the April--June 1995 issue of Cognitive Science, and is made available on cmp-lg with the permission of Ablex, the publishers of that journal.
Dale Robert
Reiter Ehud
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