C SC 620 Advanced Topics in Natural Language ProcessingReading ListPaper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12C SC 620Advanced Topics in Natural Language ProcessingLecture 163/23Reading List•Readings in Machine Translation, Eds. Nirenburg, S. et al. MIT Press 2003.•Reading list:–12. Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.–13. Automatic Translation: Some Theoretical Aspects and the Design of a Translation System. Kulagina, O. and I. Mel’cuk–16. Automatic Translation and the Concept of Sublanguage. Lehrberger, J.–17. The Proper Place of Men and Machines in Language Translation. Kay, M.Paper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.•The Three Approaches to Mechanical Translation•Knowledge about the world–He eats and drinks vodka•Eat: intransitive–He buys, sells, and drinks vodka•Vodka may be the object of all three verbs –Ave Caesar, morituti te salutant•Ave: hail or bird + ablative case•Caesar, those who are about to die salute you with the birdPaper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.•Linguistics for Machines•Notional Sphere–I paid for the book with the old prints(ambiguous)–I paid for the book with the Swiss francs–I paid for the book with the pages missingPaper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.Thesaurus/WordNet-style classificationPaper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.•122 Things can be hung upPaper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.•The Fourth Approach to MT•An Illustration of the Third Approach: Correlation Approach–Engineer Small has a little train–Macchinista Small ha un piccolo treno–1. ENGINEER•1.1 noun ingegnere fuochista machinista–gender, number, common, person, profession•1.2 verb costruire organizzare sovrintendere …–1.2.1 mood, tense, person (2nd), number–1.2.2 mood, tense»1.2.2.1 person (1, 2) number: sg»1.2.2.2 person (1,2,3) number: plPaper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.•2. SMALL–2.1 adjective•2.1.1 size–2.1.1.1 literal piccolo sottile esigu–2.1.1.2 metaphorical debole legger misero•2.1.2 intensity leggero–2.2 adverb•2.2.1 size poco•2.2.2 intensity basso–2.3 noun piccola cosa –2.4 noun proper (from capitalization)Paper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.•3. HAS–verb•3.1 aux of tense essere or avere•3.2 aux of mood dovere avere da•3.3 principal avere ricevere fare•4. A–article un•5. LITTLE–5.1 adjective•5.1.1 size–literal piccolo–metaphorical meschino•5.1.2 quantity poco–5.2 adverb–5.3 nounPaper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.•6. TRAIN–6.1 noun•6.1.1 observatum means of transportation treno slitta•6.1.2 mental category indicating an ordered succession coda fila–6.2 verb allevare•6.2.1 imperative, 2nd person •6.2.2 indicative–6.2.2.1 1st, 2nd sg–6.2.2.2 1,2,3 plPaper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.Paper 12: Correlational Analysis and Mechanical Translation. Ceccato, S.•Diagram referenced in
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