A Natural Language Generation Algorithm for Greek by Using Hole Semantics and a Systemic Grammatical Formalism

Authors

  • Ioannis Giachos

    Department of Industrial Design & Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Athens, 12241, Greece
  • Eleni Batzaki

    Department of Industrial Design & Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Athens, 12241, Greece
  • Evangelos C. Papakitsos

    Department of Industrial Design & Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Athens, 12241, Greece
  • Stavros Kaminaris

    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Athens, 12241, Greece
  • Nikolaos Laskaris

    Department of Industrial Design & Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Athens, 12241, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/jcsr.v5i4.6067
Received: 5 November 2023 | Revised: 26 November 2023 | Accepted: 27 November 2023 | Published Online: 5 December 2023

Abstract

This work is about the progress of previous related work based on an experiment to improve the intelligence of robotic systems, with the aim of achieving more linguistic communication capabilities between humans and robots. In this paper, the authors attempt an algorithmic approach to natural language generation through hole semantics and by applying the OMAS-III computational model as a grammatical formalism. In the original work, a technical language is used, while in the later works, this has been replaced by a limited Greek natural language dictionary. This particular effort was made to give the evolving system the ability to ask questions as well as the authors developed an initial dialogue system using these techniques. The results show that the use of these techniques the authors apply can give us a more sophisticated dialogue system in the future.

Keywords:

Natural language processing, Natural language generation, Natural language understanding, Dialog system, Systemic grammar formalism, OMAS-III, HRI, Virtual assistant, Hole semantics

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Giachos, I., Batzaki, E., Papakitsos, E. C., Kaminaris, S., & Laskaris, N. (2023). A Natural Language Generation Algorithm for Greek by Using Hole Semantics and a Systemic Grammatical Formalism. Journal of Computer Science Research, 5(4), 27–37. https://doi.org/10.30564/jcsr.v5i4.6067

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