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  <Title>Entity-Oriented Parsing</Title>
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5. Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> Entity-oriented parsing has several ~dvantages as a basisfor language rueognilion in restricted domain natural language int.PS\[faces. Like techniques based on semantic grammar, it ext~loits limited domain semantics through a series of domain-specific entity types. However, because of its suitability for fragmentary recogniticn and its ability to accornmodate multiple construction.specific parsing strategies, it has the i&gt;otential for greater robustness in the face of extragrammaLical input than the usu\[;I semantic grammar techniques. In this way, it more closely resembles conceptual or case-frame parsi~lg tc{:t,niques.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> Moreover, entity-oriented pursing offers advanta.'jes h:, I:~ngua0e d~inition because of the integration of struchlr;tl anJ :aurfJ'c~ representutio~z information and the ability to ropr~ sent surta.'.e information in the form most convenient to drive co+zstruction.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> specific recogqifion strategies directly.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="3"> A pilot implementation of a~ entity-oriented parser has been completed and provides preliminary support for our claims.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="4"> t4owever, a more rigorous lest of the entity-oriented approach rnust wait for the more complete implementation &lt;:urrently being undertaken. \]he agenda-style control structure we plan to use in this imptementath)~ is described above, along wilh some parsing sbateGies it will employ and some worked examples of the sbategies and control structure in action.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="5"> Acknowler.igements I-he ideas in this paper benefited cousiderably from discussions with other membr~rs of the Multipar group at Carnegie-Mellon Cnraputer Science Department, parlicu!arly Jaimo CarbonelL Jill Fain, ..rod Ste,~e F4inton. Steva Minton was a co-dc~siSSner o! the. control stru&lt;;tu+e ;~resented att)ov.~:, and also founrl :m efficient w:w to iruplement the split function de.'..cribed in coa+~ec+tion with that control structure.</Paragraph>
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