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From RAGS to RICHES: exploiting the potential of a flexible generation architecture

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ACL '01: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting on Association for Computational Linguistics

Pages 106 - 113

https://doi.org/10.3115/1073012.1073027

Published: 06 July 2001 Publication History

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The RAGS proposals for generic specification of NLG systems includes a detailed account of data representation, but only an outline view of processing aspects. In this paper we introduce a modular processing architecture with a concrete implementation which aims to meet the RAGS goals of transparency and reusability. We illustrate the model with the RICHES system -- a generation system built from simple linguistically-motivated modules.

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Mellish CScott DCahill LPaiva DEvans RReape M(2006)A Reference Architecture for Natural Language Generation SystemsNatural Language Engineering10.1017/S135132490600410412:1(1-34)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1017/S1351324906004104
Paiva DEvans RKnight K(2005)Empirically-based control of natural language generationProceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting on Association for Computational Linguistics10.3115/1219840.1219848(58-65)Online publication date: 25-Jun-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.3115/1219840.1219848

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Mellish CScott DCahill LPaiva DEvans RReape M(2006)A Reference Architecture for Natural Language Generation SystemsNatural Language Engineering10.1017/S135132490600410412:1(1-34)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1017/S1351324906004104
Paiva DEvans RKnight K(2005)Empirically-based control of natural language generationProceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting on Association for Computational Linguistics10.3115/1219840.1219848(58-65)Online publication date: 25-Jun-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.3115/1219840.1219848

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