An augmented template-based approach to text realization

  • Authors:

  • Susan W. Mcroy;Songsak Channarukul;Syed S. Ali

  • Affiliations:

  • Natural Language and Knowledge Representation Research Group, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MI, USA e-mail: mcroy@uwm.edu;Natural Language and Knowledge Representation Research Group, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MI, USA;Natural Language and Knowledge Representation Research Group, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MI, USA

  • Venue:
  • Natural Language Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We present an Augmented Template-Based approach to text realization that addresses the requirements of real-time, interactive systems such as a dialog system or an intelligent tutoring system. Template-based approaches are easier to implement and use than traditional approaches to text realization. They can also generate texts more quickly. However traditional template-based approaches with rigid templates are inflexible and difficult to reuse. Our approach augments traditional template-based approaches by adding several types of declarative control expressions and an attribute grammar-based mechanism for processing missing or inconsistent slot fillers. Therefore, augmented templates can be made more general than traditional ones, yielding templates that are more flexible and reusable across applications.