Automated comprehension of natural language via constraint-based processing

A program product, comprising:

• a storage device;
• program code stored within the storage device, wherein the program code, when executed by a processor, causes a data processing system to perform:
• in data storage, maintaining a consistent meaning framework (CMF) graph including a plurality of nodes linked by a plurality of edges, wherein multiple nodes among the plurality of nodes are meaning nodes corresponding to different word meanings for a common word spelling of a natural language, and wherein each of the multiple word meanings has a respective one of a plurality of associated constraints;
• processing a natural language communication by reference to the CMF graph, wherein the processing includes selecting, for a word in the natural language communication, a selected word meaning from among the multiple word meanings based on which of the plurality of associated constraints is satisfied by the natural language communication;
• and
• storing, in data storage, an indication of the selected word meaning.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage device coupled to the processor;
• and
• program code stored within the storage device, wherein the program code, when executed by the processor, causes a data processing system to perform:
• maintaining, in data storage, a consistent meaning framework (CMF) graph including a plurality of nodes linked by a plurality of edges, wherein multiple nodes among the plurality of nodes are meaning nodes corresponding to different word meanings for a common word spelling of a natural language, and wherein each of the multiple word meanings has a respective one of a plurality of associated constraints;
• processing a natural language communication by reference to the CMF graph, wherein the processing includes selecting, for a word in the natural language communication, a selected word meaning from among the multiple word meanings based on which of the plurality of associated constraints is satisfied by the natural language communication;
• and
• storing, in data storage, an indication of the selected word meaning.