NAME

generate
- random sentence generator from a grammar

SYNOPSIS

generate [-v] [-t] [-n num] [-s spname] {prefix}

DESCRIPTION

This small program randomly generates sentences that are acceptable by the given grammar.

.dfa, .dict and .term files are needed to execute. They can be generated from .grammar and .voca file by mkdfa.pl.

OPTIONS

-t

-n num

-s spname

-v

EXAMPLES

Exmple output of a sample grammar "fruit":

% generate fruit
Stat: init_voca: read 36 words
Reading in term file (optional)...done
15 categories, 36 words
DFA has 26 nodes and 42 arcs
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 <s> I WANT ONE APPLE </s>


 <s> I WANT TEN PEARS </s>


 <s> CAN I HAVE A PINEAPPLE </s>


 <s> I WANT ONE PEAR </s>


 <s> COULD I HAVE A BANANA </s>


 <s> I WANT ONE APPLE PLEASE </s>


 <s> I WANT NINE APPLES </s>


 <s> NINE APPLES </s>


 <s> I WANT ONE PINEAPPLE </s>


 <s> I WANT A PEAR </s>

SEE ALSO

mkdfa.pl ( 1 ) , generate-ngram ( 1 )

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan

Copyright (c) 1991-2008 Kawahara Lab., Kyoto University

Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Shikano Lab., Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Julius project team, Nagoya Institute of Technology

LICENSE

The same as Julius.