ArabTAG: from a Handcrafted to a Semi-automatically Generated TAG

Chérifa Ben Khelil (1, 2) , Denys Duchier (1) , Yannick Parmentier (1) , Chiraz Zribi (2) , Fériel Ben Fraj (2)

1 LIFO - Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale d'Orléans
2 RIADI - Laboratoire de recherche en Génie Logiciel, Applications distribuées, Systèmes décisionnels et Imagerie intelligente [Manouba]

In this paper, we present the redesign of an existing TAG for Arabic using a description language (so-called metagrammatical language). The use of such a language makes it easier for the linguist to share information among grammatical structures while ensuring a high degree of modularity within the target grammar. Additionally, this redesign benefits from a grammar testing environment which is used to check both grammar coverage and over-generation.

Mots clés: tree-adjoining grammar; formal grammar; metagrammar; Arabic

Domaines: Informatique et langage [cs.CL]

Chérifa Ben Khelil, Denys Duchier, Yannick Parmentier, Chiraz Zribi, Fériel Ben Fraj. ArabTAG: from a Handcrafted to a Semi-automatically Generated TAG. TAG+12: 12th International Workshop on Tree-Adjoining Grammars and Related Formalisms, Jun 2016, Düsseldorf, Germany. ⟨hal-01320995⟩