tech,2-1-P82-1035,ak executed to yield the answer . Most large <term> text-understanding systems </term> have been designed under the assumption
other,12-1-P82-1035,ak designed under the assumption that the <term> input text </term> will be in reasonably neat form ,
other,23-1-P82-1035,ak be in reasonably neat form , e.g. , <term> newspaper stories </term> and other edited texts . However
other,6-2-P82-1035,ak texts . However , a great deal of <term> natural language texts </term> e.g. , memos , rough drafts , <term>
other,16-2-P82-1035,ak </term> e.g. , memos , rough drafts , <term> conversation transcripts </term> etc. , have features that differ
other,27-2-P82-1035,ak that differ significantly from neat <term> texts </term> , posing special problems for readers
other,38-2-P82-1035,ak problems for readers , such as misspelled <term> words </term> , missing <term> words </term> , poor
other,41-2-P82-1035,ak misspelled <term> words </term> , missing <term> words </term> , poor <term> syntactic construction
other,44-2-P82-1035,ak </term> , missing <term> words </term> , poor <term> syntactic construction </term> , missing periods , etc . Our solution
other,10-3-P82-1035,ak to these problems is to make use of <term> expectations </term> , based both on knowledge of surface
other,21-3-P82-1035,ak knowledge of surface English and on <term> world knowledge </term> of the situation being described
other,1-4-P82-1035,ak situation being described . These <term> syntactic and semantic expectations </term> can be used to figure out unknown
other,14-4-P82-1035,ak used to figure out unknown words from <term> context </term> , constrain the possible <term> word-senses
other,19-4-P82-1035,ak context </term> , constrain the possible <term> word-senses </term> of <term> words </term> with multiple
other,21-4-P82-1035,ak possible <term> word-senses </term> of <term> words </term> with multiple <term> meanings </term>
other,24-4-P82-1035,ak </term> of <term> words </term> with multiple <term> meanings </term> ( <term> ambiguity </term> ) , fill in
other,26-4-P82-1035,ak with multiple <term> meanings </term> ( <term> ambiguity </term> ) , fill in missing words ( <term>
other,34-4-P82-1035,ak </term> ) , fill in missing words ( <term> ellipsis </term> ) , and resolve <term> referents </term>
other,39-4-P82-1035,ak <term> ellipsis </term> ) , and resolve <term> referents </term> ( <term> anaphora </term> ) . This method
other,41-4-P82-1035,ak and resolve <term> referents </term> ( <term> anaphora </term> ) . This method of using expectations
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