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-Graduate Course: GF (Grammatical Framework)
-Aarne Ranta
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-[GSLT http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se],
-[NGSLT http://ngslt.org/],
-and
-[Department of Computer Science and Engineering http://www.chalmers.se/cse/EN/],
-Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University.
-
-Autumn Term 2007.
-
-
-=News=
-
-24/10 Tomorrow's session starts at 8.15. A detailed plan has been added to
-the table below. Material (new chapters) will appear later today.
-It will explain some of the files in
-- [``syntax/`` http://digitalgrammars.com/gf/examples/tutorial/syntax/]:
- linguistic grammar programming
-- [``semantics/`` http://digitalgrammars.com/gf/examples/tutorial/semantics/]:
- a question-answer system based on logical semantics
-
-
-
-12/9 The course starts tomorrow at 8.00. A detailed plan for the day is
-right below. Don't forget to
-- join the mailing list (send a mail to ``gf-subscribe at gslt hum gu se``)
-- install GF on your laptops from [here ../download.html]
-- take with you a copy of the book (as sent to the mailing list yesterday)
-
-
-31/8 Revised the description of the one- and five-point variants.
-
-21/8 Course mailing list started.
-To subscribe, send a mail to ``gf-subscribe at gslt hum gu se``
-(replacing spaces by dots except around the word at, where the spaces
-are just removed, and the word itself is replaced by the at symbol).
-
-20/8/2007 [Schedule http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se/courses/schedule.html].
-The course will start on Thursday 13 September in Room C430 at the Humanities
-Building of Gothenburg University ("Humanisten").
-
-
-=Plan=
-
-First week (13-14/9)
-
-|| Time | Subject | Assignment ||
-| Thu 8.00-9.30 | Chapters 1-3 | Hello and Food in a new language |
-| Thu 10.00-11.30 | Chapters 3-4 | Foods in a new language |
-| Thu 13.15-14.45 | Chapter 5 | ExtFoods in a new language |
-| Thu 15.15-16.45 | Chapters 6-7 | straight code compiler |
-| Fri 8.00-9.30 | Chapters 8 | application in Haskell or Java |
-
-Second week (25/10)
-
-|| Time | Subject | Assignment ||
-| Thu 8.15-9.45 | Chapters 13-15 | mini resource in a new language |
-| Thu 10.15-11.45 | Chapters 12,16 | query system for a new domain |
-| Thu 13.15-14.45 | presentations | explain your own project |
-
-
-
-The structure of each lecture will be the following:
-- ca. 75min lecture, going through the book
-- ca. 15min work on computer, individually or in pairs
-
-
-In order for this to work out, it is important that enough many
-have a working GF installation, including the directory
-[``examples/tutorial`` ../examples/tutorial]. This directory is
-included in the Darcs version, as well as in the updated binary
-packages from 12 September.
-
-
-
-=Purpose=
-
-[GF http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/]
-(Grammatical Framework) is a grammar formalism, i.e. a special-purpose
-programming language for writing grammars. It is suitable for many
-natural language processing tasks, in particular,
-- multilingual applications
-- systems where grammar-based components are needed for e.g.
- parsing, translation, or speech recognition
-
-
-The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of GF and
-practical skills in using it.
-
-
-=Contents=
-
-The course consists of two modules. The first module is a one-week
-intensive course (during the first intensive week of GSLT), which
-is as such usable as a one-week intensive course for doctoral studies,
-if completed with a small course project.
-
-The second module is a larger programming project, written
-by each student (possibly working in groups) during the Autumn term.
-The projects are discussed during the second intensive week of GSLT
-(see [schedule http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se/courses/schedule.html]),
-and presented at a date that will be set later.
-
-The first module goes through the basics of GF, including
-- using the GF programming language
-- writing multilingual grammars
-- using the
- [GF resource grammar library http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/lib/resource-1.0/doc/]
-- generating speech recognition systems from GF grammars
-- using embedded grammars as components of software systems
-
-
-The lectures follow a draft of GF book. It contains a heavily updated
-version os the
-[GF Tutorial http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html];
-thus the on-line tutorial is not adequate for this course. To get the course
-book, join the course mailing list.
-
-Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application
-as their course work during and after the first intensive week.
-
-Those who continue with the second module will choose a more substantial
-project. Possible topics are
-- building a dialogue system by using GF
-- implementing a multilingual document generator
-- experimenting with synthetized multilingual tree banks
-- extending the GF resource grammar library
-
-
-
-=Prerequisites=
-
-Experience in programming. No earlier natural language processing
-or functional programming experience is necessary.
-
-The course is thus suitable both for GSLT and NGSLT students,
-and for graduate students in computer science.
-
-We will in particular welcome students from the Baltic countries
-who wish to build resources for their own language in GF.
-