[matrix] Regarding disjunctives

[Emily M. Bender]

Dear Nidhi,

I'm redirecting this to the `matrix' mailing list, which is where we would
like to see discussion of such topics.

At a first pass, I would expect disjunction to work much like conjunction,
with the PRED values for `and' and `or' differentiating the two in the
semantics.
I haven't looked into this myself, but you might start by looking at
the ERG demo to see what semantic representations Dan assigns
to English sentences with `and' and `or', and then ask yourself whether
the translational equivalents in Hindi are close enough that you want the
same representations or if they differ in some way.

http://erg.delph-in.net/logon

Emily

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 8:34 AM,  <nidhi31121979 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Emily
>
> How are you? I am working on an extending the LKB implementation of coordinate noun phrases to account for disjunctives. Earlier I had worked on additive conjunction 'and' in Hindi and now I am adding 'or'. I have inquiry quick question - will the disjunctive be formed in the same manner as other coordinate phrases and how can the alternative (disjunctive ) reading be achieved. Do we need to make some changes in the semantics?
>
> Thanks
> Nidhi
>
> Sent from my iPad



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Emily M. Bender
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Department of Linguistics
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