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A lot of hard problems in language just cannot
be solved syntactically. It comes down to understanding the meanings
of words. Consider these typical examples of semantic disambiguation:
Fred saw the plane flying over Zurich.
Fred saw the mountains flying over Zurich.
The police arrested the demonstrators because they feared violence.
The police arrested the demonstrators because they advocated violence.
Deniz Yuret
Tue Apr 1 21:26:01 EST 1997