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US 8,478,581 B2Granted
Interlingua, interlingua engine, and interlingua machine translation system
OwnerChung-ching Cheninventor
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Abstract
An embodiment provides (a) a method and system for representing natural languages in a common machine-readable form, including the thorough design of the lexicon and grammar, the resulting representation called interlingua, (b) a method and system for using a computer to convert a text of a natural language into and out of a coded text of said interlingua representation, including a programming framework which is independent of other languages, said system is called interlingua engine, and (c) a method and system of machine translation using said interlingua engine, said system called interlingua machine translation system. Alternative embodiments are described.
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A system for representing natural languages in a common machine-readable form, called interlingua, comprising a lexicon and a grammar, where:
- a. said lexicon comprises:
- 1. a system of specifically designed classification codes for prototypical words of noun, adjective, verb, and adverb respectively,
- 2. virtual codes for each kind of derived words,
- 3. a system of synonymous feature set for synonymous word and metaphorical feature set for metaphorical sense of word,
- b. said grammar comprises:
- 1. a system of classification code and composition for prototypical clause,
- 2. a system of time feature set, space feature set, and adverb feature set,
- 3. a system of variational feature set for variational clause and synonymous feature set for synonymous clause, and
- 4. a system of metaphor processing procedure, and
- c. said prototypical verb word and said prototypical clause comprising said prototypical verb word share the same classification code,
- whereby a sense of a word of a language will be:
- a. matched to a unique interlingua classification code if it is prototypical, or
- b. if it is synonymous to a prototypical word then matched to the same classification code of said prototypical word plus a feature of synonymy, or
- c. if it is a derived word then matched to a virtual code plus the interlingua classification code of its stem word and a feature of derivation, or
- d. if it is a fixed extended sense then matched to an interlingua classification code of a word corresponding to said extended sense plus a feature of extension, or
- e. if it is a multiple use case then matched to an interlingua classification code of a word corresponding to said multiple use plus a feature of multiple use, or
- f. if it is used in a special clause or idiom then treated according to the corresponding rule governing said special clause or idiom respectively, and
- whereby a clause of a language will be:
- a. matched to a unique interlingua classification code of its comprised verb if both said clause and said verb are prototypical, or
- b. if said clause is variational and its comprised verb is prototypical then matched to the same interlingua classification code of its associated prototypical clause plus a feature of variation, or
- c. if said clause is prototypical and its comprised verb is not prototypical then matched to an interlingua classification code of a verb corresponding to said verb according to said verb being derived, fixed extended, or multiple use plus a corresponding feature of said verb, or
- d. if said clause is variational and its comprised verb is not prototypical then matched to an interlingua classification code of a verb corresponding to said verb according to said verb being derived, fixed extended, or multiple use plus a corresponding feature of said verb and a variational feature of said clause, or
- e. if said clause is a special clause then matched to an interlingua classification code for special clause plus a feature of special clause.
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A method of representing natural languages in a common machine-readable form, the resulting representation called interlingua, comprising providing a lexicon and a grammar, where:
- a. said lexicon comprises:
- 1. a system of specifically designed classification codes for prototypical words of noun, adjective, verb, and adverb respectively,
- 2. virtual codes for each kind of derived words, and
- 3. a system of synomymous feature set for synonymous word and metaphorical feature set for metaphorical sense of word,
- b. said grammar comprises:
- 1. a system of classification code and composition for prototypical clause,
- 2. a system of time feature set, space feature set, and adverb feature set,
- 3. a system of variational feature set for variational clause and synonymous feature set for synonymous clause, and
- 4. a system of metaphor processing procedure, and
- c. said prototypical verb word and said prototypical clause comprising said prototypical verb word share the same classification code,
- whereby a sense of a word of a language will be:
- a. matched to a unique interlingua classification code if it is prototypical, or
- b. if it is synonymous to a prototypical word then matched to the same classification code of said prototypical word plus a feature of synonymy, or
- c. if it is a derived word then matched to a virtual code plus the interlingua classification code of its stem word and a feature of derivation, or
- d. if it is a fixed extended sense then matched to an interlingua classification code of a word corresponding to said extended sense plus a feature of extension, or
- e. if it is a multiple use case then matched to an interlingua classification code of a word corresponding to said multiple use plus a feature of multiple use, or
- f. if it is used in a special clause or idiom then treated according to the corresponding rule governing said special clause or idiom respectively, and
- whereby a clause of a language will be:
- a. matched to a unique interlingua classification code of its comprised verb if both said clause and said verb are prototypical, or
- b. if said clause is variational and its comprised verb is prototypical then matched to the same interlingua classification code of its associated prototypical clause plus a feature of variation, or
- c. if said clause is prototypical and its comprised verb is not prototypical then matched to an interlingua classification code of a verb corresponding to said verb according to said verb being derived, fixed extended, or multiple use plus a corresponding feature of said verb, or
- d. if said clause is variational and its comprised verb is not prototypical then matched to an interlingua classification code of a verb corresponding to said verb according to said verb being derived, fixed extended, or multiple use plus a corresponding feature of said verb and a variational feature of said clause, or
- e. if said clause is a special clause then matched to an interlingua classification code for special clause plus a feature of special clause.
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