Parser and Parsing Tools from Ergo Linguistic Technologies:

        In this demo Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. co-inventor of a patented technology for NLP and co-founder of Ergo Linguistic Technologies will present a demonstration of the basic parser and the tools that have been developed from it.  The demonstration will be divided into two sections: basic parsing and practical applications.  The basic parsing section will provide two separate demonstrations of a few minutes each.  The first will be a demonstration of a parser which provides analyses in standard English terms that could be understood by marketers and developers as well as by linguists and the second will be a parser which provides analyses in terms that are more familiar to linguists and other NLP professionals.  This second demonstration within the basic parsing section will focus on parsing based on guidelines outlined in the PennTreebank II style book available at the University of Pennsylvania, Linguistic Data Consortium..  The main focus here will be on the labelled brackets and tree diagrams that are generated by the Ergo parser.  In the practical application section of this demo there will be three programs demonstrated: a logic and syllogistic reasoning program, a navigation and control device called ãMemoMasterä and an interactive device for chatting with interactive 3-D animations called ãChatterBoxä This last demonstration will involve the opportunity to engage in rudimentary chats with a working lip-synching animation..  

        Part of the discussion will involve comments concerning the standards that are being met by the software that is being presented as well as the theory, parsing algorithms, and patent that the parser and its output are based on. 

        The demos and parsers are all based on tools developed from a recently patented development in parsing that makes it possible to implement our theory of syntax in a programming language.  The theory of syntax that is being used will be referenced for those who are interested. 



Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)539-3924 bralich@hawaii.edu

http://www.ergo-ling.com