Error Analysis in Purely Syntactic Parsing of Free Input

The Example of German

Authors

  • Ruth Sanders Miami University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v9i1.72-89

Keywords:

error analysis, parsing, courseware development, writing aids, artificial intelligence

Abstract

Analysis of student errors is a welcome element of parser-based writing aids for language students; however, such analysis is by no means straightforward, given unconstrained input by student users. This paper provides a typology for analyzing grammatical errors in student-written German compositions and discusses approaches to providing helpful error messages to student users of a parser-based writing aid. Examples are drawn from the "Miami corpus" of approximately 400 pages of second-year German language students' compositions and from Syncheck, a syntactic parser of German implemented as the basis of a writing aid for language students.

Author Biography

  • Ruth Sanders, Miami University

    Ruth H. Sanders (Ph.D., Germanic Languages and Literatures, State University of New York at Stony Brook) has worked on several projects for intelligent computer-assisted instruction (ICALI) in German, including Spion and Syncheck. She is Associate Professor of German language and linguistics at Miami University.

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2013-01-14

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Sanders, R. (2013). Error Analysis in Purely Syntactic Parsing of Free Input : The Example of German. CALICO Journal, 9(1), 72-89. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v9i1.72-89

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