On the Relationship between a Computational Natural Logic and Natural Language

Troels Andreasen, Henrik Bulskov, Jørgen Fischer Nilsson, Per Anker Jensen

2016

Abstract

This paper makes a case for adopting appropriate forms of natural logic as target language for computational reasoning with descriptive natural language. Natural logics are stylized fragments of natural language where reasoning can be conducted directly by natural reasoning rules reflecting intuitive reasoning in natural language. The approach taken in this paper is to extend natural logic stepwise with a view to covering successively larger parts of natural language. We envisage applications for computational querying and reasoning, in particular within the life-sciences.

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Andreasen T., Bulskov H., Nilsson J. and Jensen P. (2016). On the Relationship between a Computational Natural Logic and Natural Language . In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: PUaNLP, (ORG/PUANLP 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-172-4, pages 335-342. DOI: 10.5220/0005848103350342


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@conference{puanlp16,
author={Troels Andreasen and Henrik Bulskov and Jørgen Fischer Nilsson and Per Anker Jensen},
title={On the Relationship between a Computational Natural Logic and Natural Language},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: PUaNLP, (ORG/PUANLP 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={335-342},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005848103350342},
isbn={978-989-758-172-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: PUaNLP, (ORG/PUANLP 2016)
TI - On the Relationship between a Computational Natural Logic and Natural Language
SN - 978-989-758-172-4
AU - Andreasen T.
AU - Bulskov H.
AU - Nilsson J.
AU - Jensen P.
PY - 2016
SP - 335
EP - 342
DO - 10.5220/0005848103350342