Re: [Corpora-List] Microsoft patents verb conjugations

From: radev@umich.edu
Date: Thu Sep 07 2006 - 15:30:29 MET DST

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    >
    > If anybody has been deriving the infinitive of a verb
    > from a finite form, you may be violating a recent patent
    > application by Microsoft. (However, I suspect that there
    > may be prior art that had been published earlier.)

    There have been papers on this topic since the 80es or 90es.

    Drago

    >
    > Following is the title, abstract, and URL.
    >
    > John Sowa
    > _________________________________________________________
    >
    > Source: http://tinyurl.com/e5g7y
    >
    > United States Patent Application 20060195313
    >
    > Voetberg; Eric J.; et al. August 31, 2006
    >
    > Method and system for selecting and conjugating a verb
    >
    > Abstract
    >
    > A verb conjugating system allows a user to input a form of a verb and
    > display the verb forms. The verb conjugating system allows the user to
    > input the infinitive form or non-infinitive forms of a verb. When a user
    > inputs a non-infinitive form of a verb, the verb conjugating system
    > identifies a corresponding base form of the verb. The verb conjugating
    > system then uses the base form to retrieve and display the verb forms
    > for the verb. The verb conjugating system may highlight the
    > non-infinitive form of the verb within the displayed verb forms to
    > assist the user in locating the verb form of interest.
    >
    >
    > 

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Dragomir R. Radev                    Associate Professor
SI, CSE, Ling                     U. Michigan, Ann Arbor 
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~radev         radev@umich.edu

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