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  <Title>Maintaining Consistency and Plausibility in Integra,ted Natm-al Langu~ge Understanding</Title>
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    <Paragraph position="0"> In this paper, we present an inference mechanism called the integrated parsing engine which provides a uniform abductive inference mech-anism for natu~al language understmlding. It can (1) make phmsibh, assmnptiox~s, (2) rea~.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> son with mlfltiple alternatives, (3) switch the search process to the maximally plausible alter.., native, (4) detect contradiction attd tame COlt -~ clutions which depend on inconsistent a,'~sumptions, and (5) update plausibility factor of each befief based on new obsexvations. We demonstrafe that a .natural language understanding system using the integrated parsing engine as a subsystem can pursue a guided search for most t)lausible interpretation by making use of syntax, semantics, and contextual information.</Paragraph>
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