[Corpora-List] Microsoft patents verb conjugations

[radev at umich.edu]

> 
> If anybody has been deriving the infinitive of a verb
> from a finite form, you may be violating a recent patent
> application by Microsoft.  (However, I suspect that there
> may be prior art that had been published earlier.)

There have been papers on this topic since the 80es or 90es.

Drago

> 
> Following is the title, abstract, and URL.
> 
> John Sowa
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> Source: http://tinyurl.com/e5g7y
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> United States Patent Application 20060195313
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> Voetberg; Eric J.; et al.  August 31, 2006
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> Method and system for selecting and conjugating a verb
> 
> Abstract
> 
> A verb conjugating system allows a user to input a form of a verb and 
> display the verb forms. The verb conjugating system allows the user to 
> input the infinitive form or non-infinitive forms of a verb. When a user 
> inputs a non-infinitive form of a verb, the verb conjugating system 
> identifies a corresponding base form of the verb. The verb conjugating 
> system then uses the base form to retrieve and display the verb forms 
> for the verb. The verb conjugating system may highlight the 
> non-infinitive form of the verb within the displayed verb forms to 
> assist the user in locating the verb form of interest.
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