Adapting the Core Language Engine to French and Spanish

Abstract

We describe how substantial domain-independent language-processing systems for French and Spanish were quickly developed by manually adapting an existing English-language system, the SRI Core Language Engine. We explain the adaptation process in detail, and argue that it provides a fairly general recipe for converting a grammar-based system for English into a corresponding one for a Romance language.Comment: 9 pages, aclap.sty; to appear in NLP+IA 96; see also http://www.cam.sri.com