[developers] Generation from MRS (via command-line)

[Dominikus Wetzel]

Thanks for the quick answer!

In fact I have wrapped the call to "generate-from-mrs" with "format" 
which renders the output as a string:

(format stream "~a~%"
     (lkb::generate-from-mrs
        (mrs::read-single-mrs-xml-from-string<xml mrs>)
        :nanalyses<limit>)) )

So, indeed, the pretty printing you mentioned makes sense. 
Unfortunately, the pretty printer does not print double quotes around 
each list element, which is why it seems that the generated sentences 
are just concatenated.

Now, I know the source of the problem. Off to writing up the solution to 
it ...

Thank a lot again,
Dominikus



On Friday 09,December,2011 03:09 PM, Stephan Oepen wrote:
> hi dominikus,
>
> i took a quick look at the code in lingo/lkb/src/mrs/generate.lisp,
> and it appears generate-from-mrs() calls through a number of
> function, to in the end return multiple values(), of which the first
> is the result of extract-strings-from-gen-record().
>
> that function should return a list of strings, i.e. i suspect in the
> output below you might have omitted the double quotes that
> bracket each realization in the list?
>
> when printing the return value of a function, lisp will call its
> built-in pretty printer, which will seek to serialize the object in
> a manner that respects the active column width (i suspect
> 80 characters by default).  hence, i would think you get your
> list broken across two lines.
>
> best, oe
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 07:48, Dominikus Wetzel<dwetzel at coli.uni-sb.de>  wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I opted for a different approach and use a modified version of the generate
>> script, essentially directly calling the following lisp function:
>>
>> (lkb::generate-from-mrs
>>     (mrs::read-single-mrs-xml-from-string<xml mrs>)
>>     :nanalyses<limit>))
>>
>> However, the output of this function is not entirely clear. The most crucial
>> part for me is the first return value, i.e. the realizations:
>>
>> (It doesn't taste very good. It does not taste very good.
>> It does not taste very good.)
>>
>>
>> The unclear part is why sometimes two (or even more) realizations are "on
>> the same line" and sometimes only one (which is what I would expect).
>>
>> Can anyone give me a hint? Can this behavior be changed?
>>
>> Thanks a lot in advance,
>> Dominikus
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday 15,November,2011 05:20 PM, Dominikus Wetzel wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> My intention is to generate from (manipulated) MRSs.
>>>
>>> I was hoping to be able to use the $LOGONROOT/generate script. To my
>>> understanding (and also as http://moin.delph-in.net/ItsdbProfile#result
>>> somehow suggests), I would need a tsdb result file as input, which
>>> contains at least the MRSs. However, the generate script
>>> ($LOGONROOT/generate --binary --erg myprofile) attempts to parse again
>>> (i.e. content is created in the tsdb parse file). And more importantly,
>>> it doesn't generate any output into the new tsdb result file.
>>>
>>> I have tried out various combinations of input files and their contents
>>> (e.g. providing tsdb item file with dummy values, providing the tsdb
>>> parse file, ...).
>>>
>>> I'd be glad if anyone could let me know, ...
>>>
>>> a) ... whether generating from MRSs is possible with the generate script
>>> b) ... if yes, what input files are needed and what content they have to
>>> provide
>>>
>>> Thanks very much in advance.
>>> Best wishes, Dominikus
>
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