Bhavnagar University 2008 M.Phil Computer Science Natural Language Processing - Question Paper

M.Phil. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2008.
Computer Science (NS)
NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks
ans any 5 ques..
1. (a) Give a brief note on applications of Natural Language Understanding.
(b) What are various forms of knowledge relevant for natural language understanding? discuss every of them in detail with examples.
2. Identify the phrases that are used in the subsequent phrases. For each, indicate the heads of the phrase and any complements of the head.
(a) The man played his fiddle in the street.
(b) The people dissatisfied with the verdict left the courtroom.
3. (a) Explain with an example, the use of logic programming to encode the rules of grammar.
(b) Discuss on Finite state models and Morphological processing.
4. (a) Explain the working of deterministic parse with an example.
(b) Discuss on Transition Network grammars.
5. (a) Explain the semantics and logical form with an example.
(b) Discuss in detail on defining Semantic structure.
6. (a) Give a detailed note on Lexicalized semantic interpretation and semantic roles.
(b) Explain in detail on Semantic and pragmatic roles of noun phrases.
7. (a) Describe the Relating Discourse Structure and Inference.
(b) Explain the ambiguity and levels of language processing.
8. (a) Explain the current patterns in Natural Language Processing.
(b) Explain the working of ELIZA system.

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