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<TITLE>GF Resource Grammar Summer School</TITLE>
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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>GF Resource Grammar Summer School</H1>
<FONT SIZE="4">
<I>Gothenburg, 17-28 August 2009</I><BR>
@@ -16,29 +15,30 @@ Aarne Ranta (aarne at chalmers.se)
<HR NOSHADE SIZE=1>
<P></P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc1">Executive summary</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc2">Introduction</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc3">The GF resource grammar library</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc1">News</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc2">Executive summary</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc3">Introduction</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc4">The GF resource grammar library</A>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc4">Missing EU languages, by the family</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc5">Applications of the library</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc6">The structure of the library</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc5">Missing EU languages, by the family</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc6">Applications of the library</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc7">The structure of the library</A>
</UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc7">The summer school</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc8">The summer school</A>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc8">Selecting participants</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc9">Who is qualified</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc10">Costs</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc11">Teachers</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc12">The Summer School Committee</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc13">Time and Place</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc14">Dissemination and intellectual property</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc9">Selecting participants</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc10">Who is qualified</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc11">Costs</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc12">Teachers</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc13">The Summer School Committee</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc14">Time and Place</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc15">Dissemination and intellectual property</A>
</UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc15">Why I should participate</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc16">More information</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc16">Why I should participate</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc17">More information</A>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc17">Contact</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc18">Selected publications from earlier resource grammar projects</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc18">Contact</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc19">Selected publications from earlier resource grammar projects</A>
</UL>
</UL>
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<I>red=wanted, green=exists, orange=in-progress, solid=official-eu, dotted=non-eu</I>
</P>
<A NAME="toc1"></A>
<H2>News</H2>
<P>
An on-line course <I>GF for Resource Grammar Writers</I> will start on
Monday 20 April at 15.30 CEST. The slides and recordings of the five
45-minute lectures will be made available via this web page. If requested,
the course may be repeated in the beginning of the summer school.
</P>
<A NAME="toc2"></A>
<H2>Executive summary</H2>
<P>
GF Resource Grammar Library is an open-source computational grammar resource
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.
<P>
<I>Word alignment produced by GF from the resource grammar in Bulgarian, English, Italian, German, Finnish, French, and Swedish.</I>
</P>
<A NAME="toc2"></A>
<A NAME="toc3"></A>
<H2>Introduction</H2>
<P>
Since 2007, EU-27 has 23 official languages, listed in the diagram on top of this
@@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ syntax works as an <B>interlingua</B>. Thus GF has been used as a
framework for building translation systems in several areas
of application and large sets of languages.
</P>
<A NAME="toc3"></A>
<A NAME="toc4"></A>
<H2>The GF resource grammar library</H2>
<P>
The GF resource grammar library is a set of grammars usable as libraries when
@@ -181,7 +189,7 @@ without knowing low-level linguistics. The idea is much the same as when a
programmer builds a graphical user interface (GUI) from high-level elements such as
buttons and menus, without having to care about pixels or geometrical forms.
</P>
<A NAME="toc4"></A>
<A NAME="toc5"></A>
<H3>Missing EU languages, by the family</H3>
<P>
Writing a grammar for a language is usually easier if other languages
@@ -235,7 +243,7 @@ Slavonic:
<font color="red"> Slovak </font>
<font color="red"> Slovenian </font>
</P>
<A NAME="toc5"></A>
<A NAME="toc6"></A>
<H3>Applications of the library</H3>
<P>
In addition to translation, the library is also useful in <B>localization</B>,
@@ -267,7 +275,7 @@ support has also been
developed for translating GF grammars to language models used in speech
recognition (GSL/Nuance, HTK/ATK, SRGS, JSGF).
</P>
<A NAME="toc6"></A>
<A NAME="toc7"></A>
<H3>The structure of the library</H3>
<P>
The library has the following main parts:
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The goal of the summer school is to implement, for each language, at least
the first three components. The latter three are more open-ended in character.
</P>
<A NAME="toc7"></A>
<A NAME="toc8"></A>
<H2>The summer school</H2>
<P>
The goal of the summer school is to extend the GF resource grammar library
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by 2 weeks of summer school, followed by 4 months work at home.
Who are these participants?
</P>
<A NAME="toc8"></A>
<A NAME="toc9"></A>
<H3>Selecting participants</H3>
<P>
Persons interested to participate in the Summer School should sign up in
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The participants are recommended to learn GF in advance, by self-study from the
<A HREF="http://digitalgrammars.com/gf/doc/gf-tutorial.html">tutorial</A>.
This should take a couple of weeks. An <B>on-line course</B> will be
arranged in April to help in getting started with GF.
arranged on 20-29 April to help in getting started with GF.
</P>
<P>
After the on-line course, a <B>programming assignment</B> will be published.
At the end of the on-line course, a <B>programming assignment</B> will be published.
This assignment will test skills required in resource grammar programming.
Work on the assignment will take a couple of weeks.
Those who are interested in getting a travel grant will submit
@@ -351,7 +359,8 @@ The Committee then decides who is given a travel grant of up to 1000 EUR.
<P>
Notice: you can participate in the summer school without following the on-line
course or participating in the contest. These things are required only if you
want a travel grant.
want a travel grant. If requested by enough many participants, the lectures of
the on-line course will be repeated in the beginning of the summer school.
</P>
<P>
The summer school itself is devoted for working on resource grammars.
@@ -367,7 +376,7 @@ be published at GF website and licensed under LGPL.
<P>
The participants are encouraged to contact each other and even work in groups.
</P>
<A NAME="toc9"></A>
<A NAME="toc10"></A>
<H3>Who is qualified</H3>
<P>
Writing a resource grammar implementation requires good general programming
@@ -388,7 +397,7 @@ But it is the quality of the assignment that is assessed, not any formal
requirements. The "typical participant" was described to give an idea of
who is likely to succeed in this.
</P>
<A NAME="toc10"></A>
<A NAME="toc11"></A>
<H3>Costs</H3>
<P>
The summer school is free of charge.
@@ -407,7 +416,7 @@ Special terms will apply to students in
<A HREF="http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se/">GSLT</A> and
<A HREF="http://ngslt.org/">NGSLT</A>.
</P>
<A NAME="toc11"></A>
<A NAME="toc12"></A>
<H3>Teachers</H3>
<P>
A list of teachers will be published here later. Some of the local teachers
@@ -431,13 +440,13 @@ we can discuss your involvement and travel arrangements.
In addition to teachers, we will look for consultants who can help to assess
the results for each language. Please contact us!
</P>
<A NAME="toc12"></A>
<A NAME="toc13"></A>
<H3>The Summer School Committee</H3>
<P>
This committee consists of a number of teachers and informants,
who will select the participants. It will be selected by April 2009.
</P>
<A NAME="toc13"></A>
<A NAME="toc14"></A>
<H3>Time and Place</H3>
<P>
The summer school will
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</P>
<UL>
<LI>February: announcement of summer school
<LI>April: on-line course, work on the contest assignment
<LI>20-29 April: on-line course
<LI>12 May: submission deadline for assignment work
<LI>31 May: review of assignments, notifications of acceptance
<LI>15 June: <B>registration deadline</B>
@@ -458,7 +467,7 @@ Time schedule:
<LI>December: release of the extended Resource Grammar Library
</UL>
<A NAME="toc14"></A>
<A NAME="toc15"></A>
<H3>Dissemination and intellectual property</H3>
<P>
The new resource grammars will be released under the LGPL just like
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<P>
The grammars will be distributed via the GF web site.
</P>
<A NAME="toc15"></A>
<A NAME="toc16"></A>
<H2>Why I should participate</H2>
<P>
Seven reasons:
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<LI>free trip and stay in Gothenburg (for travel grant students)
</OL>
<A NAME="toc16"></A>
<A NAME="toc17"></A>
<H2>More information</H2>
<P>
<A HREF="http://groups.google.com/group/gf-resource-school-2009/">Course Google Group</A>
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<P>
<A HREF="http://digitalgrammars.com/gf/doc/Resource-HOWTO.html">Resource-HOWTO document</A>
</P>
<A NAME="toc17"></A>
<A NAME="toc18"></A>
<H3>Contact</H3>
<P>
Håkan Burden: burden at chalmers se
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<P>
Aarne Ranta: aarne at chalmers se
</P>
<A NAME="toc18"></A>
<A NAME="toc19"></A>
<H3>Selected publications from earlier resource grammar projects</H3>
<P>
K. Angelov.
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//red=wanted, green=exists, orange=in-progress, solid=official-eu, dotted=non-eu//
==News==
An on-line course //GF for Resource Grammar Writers// will start on
Monday 20 April at 15.30 CEST. The slides and recordings of the five
45-minute lectures will be made available via this web page. If requested,
the course may be repeated in the beginning of the summer school.
==Executive summary==
GF Resource Grammar Library is an open-source computational grammar resource
@@ -275,9 +283,9 @@ school itself later.
The participants are recommended to learn GF in advance, by self-study from the
[tutorial http://digitalgrammars.com/gf/doc/gf-tutorial.html].
This should take a couple of weeks. An **on-line course** will be
arranged in April to help in getting started with GF.
arranged on 20-29 April to help in getting started with GF.
After the on-line course, a **programming assignment** will be published.
At the end of the on-line course, a **programming assignment** will be published.
This assignment will test skills required in resource grammar programming.
Work on the assignment will take a couple of weeks.
Those who are interested in getting a travel grant will submit
@@ -287,7 +295,8 @@ The Committee then decides who is given a travel grant of up to 1000 EUR.
Notice: you can participate in the summer school without following the on-line
course or participating in the contest. These things are required only if you
want a travel grant.
want a travel grant. If requested by enough many participants, the lectures of
the on-line course will be repeated in the beginning of the summer school.
The summer school itself is devoted for working on resource grammars.
In addition to grammar writing itself, testing and evaluation is
@@ -374,7 +383,7 @@ Sweden, on 17-28 August 2009.
Time schedule:
- February: announcement of summer school
- April: on-line course, work on the contest assignment
- 20-29 April: on-line course
- 12 May: submission deadline for assignment work
- 31 May: review of assignments, notifications of acceptance
- 15 June: **registration deadline**

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options = [
],
flags = [
("format","format of the visualization file (default \"ps\")"),
("view","program to open the resulting file (default \"gv\")")
("format","format of the visualization file (default \"png\")"),
("view","program to open the resulting file (default \"open\")")
]
}),
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("nocat","don't show categories but only functions")
],
flags = [
("format","format of the visualization file (default \"ps\")"),
("view","program to open the resulting file (default \"gv\")")
("format","format of the visualization file (default \"png\")"),
("view","program to open the resulting file (default \"open\")")
]
}),
("wf", emptyCommandInfo {
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Just ty -> ty
Nothing -> error ("Can't parse '"++str++"' as type")
optComm opts = valStrOpts "command" "" opts
optViewFormat opts = valStrOpts "format" "ps" opts
optViewGraph opts = valStrOpts "view" "gv" opts
optViewFormat opts = valStrOpts "format" "png" opts
optViewGraph opts = valStrOpts "view" "open" opts
optNum opts = valIntOpts "number" 1 opts
optNumInf opts = valIntOpts "number" 1000000000 opts ---- 10^9