Parsing Chinese with Combinatory Categorial Grammar: A Linguistic and Computational Study

Table 5

NVN parsing process in detail.

Parsing process	Related rules
Step 1: tokenization and simple category assignment	—
Step 2: achieving larger SC and AC	Rule 1–2
Step 3: dealing with MP constructions
(a) Tag-disambiguation within MP constructions	Rule 3,4,13
(b) Dependence analysis of MPs	Rule 1,2,5,6,9
Step 4: left-to-right parsing
(a) Determine whether an adj. is the predicate	Rule 13
(b) VC or SC absorbs AC	Rule 6–8
(c) Parse object clause and NP internal	Rule 10–12 and(18)
(d) Generate S	Rule 14–16