A Pure Logic-Based Approach to Natural Reasoning

Lasha Abzianidze

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Abstract

The paper presents a model for natural reasoning that combines theorem proving techniques with natural logic. The model is a tableau system for a higher-order logic the formulas of which resemble linguistic expressions. A textual entailment system LangPro, an implementation of the model, represents a tableau-based prover that directly operates on linguistic expressions. After training and evaluating on a textual entailment dataset, the prover shows accuracy comparable to the state-of-the-art results with almost perfect precision. Due to its reliable judgements, the system is also able to detect dubious problems in the dataset.
Original languageEnglish
Pages40-49
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 16 Dec 2015
EventAmsterdam Colloquium 2015 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 16 Dec 201518 Dec 2015
http://www.illc.uva.nl/AC/AC2015/

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OtherAmsterdam Colloquium 2015
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period16/12/1518/12/15
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Keywords

  • natural reasoning
  • natural logic
  • semantic tableau
  • textual entailments

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