German AI Programming Journal: 2013 March 8

[Mentifex]

Wed.6.MAR.2013 -- Problems with the WhatBe Module

As we implement InFerence in the Wotan German

http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/DeKi.txt

Supercomputer AI, the program tends to call the

http://code.google.com/p/mindforth/wiki/WhatBe

module to ask a question about a previously
unknown word. When we input to the AI,
"eva ist eine frau", first Wotan makes an

http://code.google.com/p/mindforth/wiki/InFerence

inference about Eva and asks if Eva has a child.
Then the AI mistakenly says, "WAS IRRTUM EVA"
when the correct output should be "WAS IST EVA".
This problem affords us an opportunity to
improve the German performance of the WhatBe module
which came into the German AI from the English

http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/mindforth.txt

MindForth AI.

First we need to determine which location in the
AI source code is calling the WhatBe mind-module,
and so we insert some diagnostics. Knowing where
the call comes from, lets us work on the proper
preparation of parameters from outside WhatBe
to be used inside WhatBe.

Thurs.7.MAR.2013 -- Dealing with Number in German

We are learning that we must handle grammatical number
much differently in the German AI than in the English AI.
English generally uses the ending "-s" to indicate plural
number, but in German there is no one such simple clue.
In German we have a plethora of clues about number,
and we can use the OutBuffer to work with some of them,
such as "-heit" indicating singular and "-heiten"
indicating plural. In German we can also establish
priority among rules, such as letting an "-e" ending
in the OutBuffer suggest a plural noun, while letting
the discovery of a singular verb overrule the
suggestion that a noun is in the plural. The main
point here is that in German we must get away from
the simplistic English rules about number.

Fri.8.MAR.2013 -- Removing Obsolete Influences

In NewConcept let us try changing the default expectation
of number for a new noun from plural to singular. At first
we notice no problem with a default singular. Then we
notice that the InFerence module is using a default
plural ("2") for the subject-noun of the silent inference.
We tentatively change the default to singular ("1") until
we can devise a more robust determinant of number in InFerence.

We are having a problem with the "ocn" variable for
"old concept number". Just as with the obsolete "recnum",
there is no reason any more to use the "ocn" variable,
so we comment out some code.

Mentifex (Arthur)
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