A symbolic description of punning riddles and its computer implementation
| dc.creator | Binsted, Kim | |
| dc.creator | Ritchie, Graeme | |
| dc.date | 1994-06-13 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:09:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:09:20Z | |
| dc.description | Riddles based on simple puns can be classified according to the patterns of word, syllable or phrase similarity they depend upon. We have devised a formal model of the semantic and syntactic regularities underlying some of the simpler types of punning riddle. We have also implemented this preliminary theory in a computer program which can generate riddles from a lexicon containing general data about words and phrases; that is, the lexicon content is not customised to produce jokes. Informal evaluation of the program's results by a set of human judges suggest that the riddles produced by this program are of comparable quality to those in general circulation among school children. | |
| dc.description | 40 pages, also available by email (kimb@aisb.ed.ac.uk) and www (http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/students/kimb). Longer version of an AAAI-94 paper. Figs and bib separate | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cmp-lg/9406021 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cmp-lg/9406021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/151003 | |
| dc.subject | Computation and Language | |
| dc.title | A symbolic description of punning riddles and its computer implementation | |
| dc.type | text |