Neural network implementation for the semantic interpretation of sentences

Date of Publication

1996

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering

Subject Categories

Engineering

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Electronics and Communications Engineering

Thesis Adviser

Lyne R. Palomar

Defense Panel Chair

Estalilla, Aliento

Defense Panel Member

Edwin Sybingco
Ronald Potenciano

Abstract/Summary

This thesis presents a fundamental step towards the development of a computer system capable of understanding natural language. It introduces a new concept of empowering a computer to learn and distinguish the appropriate meaning of each word used in an English sentence. This process, known in linguistics as the semantic interpretation of sentences, is the main theme of the thesis. The study tackled this concept of semantic interpretation using the theory of neural networks. It discussed how a sentence may be encoded in a computer's memory and how the corresponding codes may be processed to come up with the correct interpretation of the compromising words in a manner very similar to how, we, human beings interpret them. The study tackled this approach further by describing the details of the algorithms used in implementing the artificial neurons, as well as the underlying principles employed in training the network. Finally, the study provided an analysis of the results of the implementation, its viability and adaptability with the other sentence processing methods. With the full implementation of this semantic interpreter concept, and if successfully combined with other fundamental sentence processing schemes such as case role representation, grammatical analysis, verb tense transformations, etc., the day is not far when man could fully communicate with computers and other intelligent machines using man's own spoken language.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG02545

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

140 leaves

Keywords

Neural networks; Language and languages -- Data processing; Semantics -- Network analysis; Grammar; Comparative and general -- Sentences; Algorithms; Translating and interpreting; Information theory

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