[Attempto] Problem with If - then construction .

[Kaarel Kaljurand]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 05:53, Jagadish Koneti
<Jagadish_Koneti at infosys.com> wrote:
>
>    I tried to parse the  if – then sentence gives in construction rules manual of ACE as an example but the online APE is showing an error message . Can any explain why is this error happening ??
>
> Sentence : “ If john enters a card then the automated-teller accepts it . ”

You have several options to get this sentence to parse:

Option 1: Capitalize 'john'

If John enters a card then the automated-teller accepts it.
guessing = off
clex = on

Option 2: Introduce 'john' to the lexicon

If john enters a card then the automated-teller accepts it.
guessing = off
clex = on
lexicon = pn_sg(john, john, masc).

Note that just switching guessing on does not work because propernames
are guessed only with they start with a capital letter, otherwise they
need to be declared in the lexicon.

> Actually I am trying write a sentence  ( “ If Fulfillment process completes then Accounts supplier initiates Freight billing process ” )  in ACE . Can any one who know ACE very well an suggest me how to write in ACE ?

One option is

    If Fulfillment-process v:completes then Accounts-supplier
initiates Freight-billing-process.

another is:

    If a n:fulfillment-process v:completes then an n:accounts-supplier
initiates a n:freight-billing-process.

but it would be better to define all the unknown words in the lexicon
(i.e. the words that I've prefixed in the examples).

Best regards,
Kaarel