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  <Title>YAG : A Template-Based Generator for Real-Time Systems*</Title>
  <Section position="4" start_page="266" end_page="267" type="concl">
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4 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> We have presented a natural language generation component, called YAG (Yet Another Generator), that has been designed to meet the needs of realtime, interactive systems. YAG combines a fast, tenlplate-based approach for the representation of text structures with knowledge-I)asod methods for tel)resenting content. Its inputs can include concel)tS or propositions along :with. optional-annotations to specify syntactic constraints. YAG can also realize  text from a feature-based representation of syntactic structure. YAG can detect and correct missing or conflicting features by using a preprocessor based on attribute grammars. (One can also specify default values in the grammar itself.) YAG uses an expressive, declarative language for specifying a generation grammar. The YAG distribution includes a ,graphigaLtool for.extendingand testing templates.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> In these ways, YAG provides the speed, robustness, flexibility, and maintainability needed by real-time natural language dialog systems.</Paragraph>
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