documentation nit: union versus intersection
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Paul McQuesten
Apr 6, 2011, 3:57:07 PM4/6/11
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http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/api/index.html#links,
section 6.4 Manipulating Linkages has an example sentence: 'I eat
therefore I think.'
It describes the link from I.p to eat as resulting from a match
between 'Sp*i+' and 'Sp-'. However, it also says, 'The label on a
link in a diagram is constructed by taking the "intersection" of the
left and right connectors that comprise the link.'
The printed label is 'Sp*i'. To me that looks more like a union than
an intersection.
section 6.4 Manipulating Linkages has an example sentence: 'I eat
therefore I think.'
It describes the link from I.p to eat as resulting from a match
between 'Sp*i+' and 'Sp-'. However, it also says, 'The label on a
link in a diagram is constructed by taking the "intersection" of the
left and right connectors that comprise the link.'
The printed label is 'Sp*i'. To me that looks more like a union than
an intersection.
Paul McQuesten
Apr 6, 2011, 7:05:15 PM4/6/11
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Oops. My bad. The documentation clearly states that trailing asterisks
are to be assumed. Thus the proper comparison is 'Sp*i+' and 'Sp**-',
and 'Sp*i' is clearly the most specific instance of those patterns.
Most specific implies intersection; union would be most general. My
bad. Sorry for wasting readers' time.
are to be assumed. Thus the proper comparison is 'Sp*i+' and 'Sp**-',
and 'Sp*i' is clearly the most specific instance of those patterns.
Most specific implies intersection; union would be most general. My
bad. Sorry for wasting readers' time.
Linas Vepstas
Apr 10, 2011, 6:11:13 PM4/10/11
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Heh. No problem, I made exactly the same mistake when I got started.
It had me stumped!
--linas
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