Natural language text generation using semantic objects

A system, comprising:

• at least one computer hardware processor;
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• at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one computer hardware processor, cause the at least one computer hardware processor to perform a method for generating natural language text with a natural language generation (NLG) system using a plurality of semantic objects including a first semantic object, the NLG system communicatively coupled to at least one data store, the NLG system configured to generate natural language text using an NLG application, the NLG application comprising a semantic object access module, a database interface module, an NLG software library integration layer and one or more NLG software tools, the method comprising:
• using the semantic object access module, obtaining a first specification of the first semantic object from a semantic object data store, the first specification specifying a first set of one or more data variables of the first semantic object, first attributes of the first semantic object, a first vocabulary of the first semantic object, and a first document structure configuration of the first semantic object, wherein the semantic object data store comprises one or more storage devices storing data including the first specification of the first semantic object;
• using the database interface module, obtaining, from the at least one data store, first data related to the first set of one or more data variables of the first semantic object;
• determining values of at least some of the first set of one or more data variables using the first data obtained from the at least one data store;
• using the NLG software library integration layer, generating natural language text including a first natural language text segment, using the first specification of the first semantic object, the values of at least some of the first set of one or more data variables, and the NLG system, at least in part by:
• generating a representation of the first semantic object using the first document structure configuration, the values of the first set of one or more data variables, the first attributes of the first semantic object, and the first vocabulary of the first semantic object;
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• using the one or more NLG software tools, generating the first natural language text segment using the representation of the first semantic object;
• generating an electronic document including the generated natural language text;
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• transmitting the electronic document, over at least one communication network, to a user.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor executable instructions that, when executed by at least one computer hardware processor, cause the at least one computer hardware processor to perform a method for generating natural language text with a natural language generation (NLG) system using a plurality of semantic objects including a first semantic object, the NLG system communicatively coupled to at least one data store, the NLG system configured to generate natural language text using an NLG application, the NLG application comprising a semantic object access module, a database interface module, an NLG software library integration layer and one or more NLG software tools, the method comprising:

• using the semantic object access module, obtaining a first specification of the first semantic object from a semantic object data store, the first specification specifying a first set of one or more data variables of the first semantic object, first attributes of the first semantic object, a first vocabulary of the first semantic object, and a first document structure configuration of the first semantic object, wherein the semantic object data store comprises one or more storage devices storing data including the first specification of the first semantic object;
• using the database interface module, obtaining, from the at least one data store, first data related to the first set of data variables of the first semantic object;
• determining values of at least some of the first set of one or more data variables using the first data obtained from the at least one data store;
• using the NLG software library integration layer, generating natural language text including a first natural language text segment, using the first specification of the first semantic object, the values of at least some of the first set of one or more data variables, and the NLG system, at least in part by:
• generating a representation of the first semantic object using the first document structure configuration, the values of the first set of one or more data variables, the first attributes of the first semantic object, and the first vocabulary of the first semantic object;
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• using the one or more NLG software tools, generating the first natural language text segment using the representation of the first semantic object;
• generating an electronic document including the generated natural language text;
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• transmitting the electronic document, over at least one communication network, to a user.