Exploiting logical forms

Abstract

This paper presents a semantic setup for Dutch on the basis of deep processing. The parser and generator Delilah computes a system of logical forms that is both semantically adequate, and instrumental in processing tasks like disambiguation and inference. The logical forms are derivationally related but differ as to the level of specification and exploitability. The semantic setup is new, and is likely to be the first computed, fully specified semantics for Dutch. One of the logical forms introduces a new way of compiling out semantic dependencies. The resulting system is discussed at the crossroad of logical semantics and computational linguistics