Natural language generation

Question	Answer
What is NLG?	Algorithms/systems that produce texts in human language -Input: data(logic formulas, sensor data..) -Output: reports, explanations etc
What is the purpose of NLG?	Communicate meaning into text
What parts do a typical NLG "pipeline" consist of?	Data analytics(data interpretation) Document planning(document structuring) Micro-planning(How many sentences, what words?) Surface realisation(sentence structure, layout)
What three variations are there for templates?	Canned text (i.e, without any variation within the template itself) Sophisticated canned text ((e.g., with gaps that are filled under various constraints) Local use of NLG (e.g., for generating a referring expression)

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	Created by August Edström almost 7 years ago