Multimodal input processing

A method comprising:

• receiving, using a processor of a computing device, an input, the input comprising a plurality of input elements;
• parsing the input, the parsing:
• performed using the processor,
• identifying a first element from among the plurality of input elements, and
• identifying a second element from among the plurality of input elements,
• wherein the first element and the second element are represented according to a formalism type defining a syntax for organizing elements of the formalism type;
• access a library comprising entries for different formalism types;
• evaluating a likelihood that the first element and the second element coexist together in a formalism type from among the different formalism types in the library, and
• selecting, based on the evaluating, a selected formalism type that is consistent with a coexistence of the first element and the second element;
• and
• generating, using the processor, an output, the output:
• representing a translation of at least part of the input into an output type that is associated with the selected formalism type.

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium storing an input, the input:
• comprising a plurality of input elements, and
• being uninterpretable by an engine associated with a selected formalism type;
• and
• a processor programmed with instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• parse the input to identify:
• a first element from among the plurality of input elements, and
• a second element from among the plurality of input elements,
• wherein the first element and the second element are represented according to a formalism type defining a syntax for organizing elements of the formalism type;
• access a library comprising entries for different formalism types, the different formalism types comprising the selected formalism type associated with the engine;
• analyze the first element and the second element, the analyzing:
• examining the first element in context with the second element to evaluate a likelihood that the first element and the second element coexist together in the selected formalism type, and
• selecting, based on the examining, the selected formalism that is consistent with a coexistence of the first element and the second element;
• and
• generate an output, the output:
• comprising the first element and the second element, and
• at least partly represented in a format corresponding to the selected formalism type,
• wherein the output is interpretable by the engine associated with the selected formalism.