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Die Anwendung Generalisierter Quantoren in einem natürlichsprachigen Datenbank-Interface

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One main task of a natural language interface to a relational database is to map the semantic structures created by the parser onto database relations by translating them into statements of the query language. In this paper we present a method which employs an intermediate logical representation based on the theory of Generalized Quantifiers. These theoretical foundations provide the framework for an effective and straightforward implementation.

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  1. Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Artificial Intelligence, Schottengasse 3, A-1010, Wien, Austria

    Wolfgang Heinz & Johannes Matiasek

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  1. Siemens AG Österreich, Göllnergasse 15, A-1030, Wien, Österreich

    Johannes Retti

  2. EDV-Zentrum der Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 13, A-6020, Innsbruck, Österreich

    Karl Leidlmair

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Heinz, W., Matiasek, J. (1989). Die Anwendung Generalisierter Quantoren in einem natürlichsprachigen Datenbank-Interface. In: Retti, J., Leidlmair, K. (eds) 5. Österreichische Artificial-Intelligence-Tagung. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 208. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74688-8_14

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