[HPSG-L] HPSG-L Digest, Vol 130, Issue 3 : Re Stefan's query about probabilistic grammar

[Paul Kay]

Here
<https://www.google.com/search?q=jurafsky+probability+grammar&sca_esv=48cff7b3afdc9477&sxsrf=ANbL-n7bebyvmEnHku9t-xUf4v0T3e7qAQ%3A1771888483440&ei=Y9-cad_NGsXZ0PEP48-RyAc&biw=1176&bih=780&ved=0ahUKEwifi4z93vCSAxXFLDQIHeNnBHkQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=jurafsky+probability+grammar&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp>
is
a Google search page that might point to something helpful.
Paul

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM <hpsg-l-request at listserv.linguistlist.org>
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> From: Stefan M?ller <St.Mueller at hu-berlin.de>
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> Hi everybody,
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> Does anybody know of anybody within HPSG or some other AVM based
> framework who developed something
> with weighted constraints. Something like SYNSEM|LOC|CONT|IND|PER 3
> paired with a certain probability. And this for all parts of an AVM?
>
> I know of OT-LFG where people specified constraints as disjunctions and
> one disjunct just marked ungrammaticality and could be used for ranking.
>
> People working on robust parsing might have done such things. Lerner
> errors? Pointers to references would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks!
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> Best
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>  ? ? Stefan
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-- 
Paul Kay
Professor Emeritus, U.C. Berkeley
Adjunct Professor, Stanford University
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