DESCRIPTION:
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                                FUF 5.2
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This distribution contains FUF 5.2 and SURGE 1.2, a system of natural
language generation based on the formalism of Functional Unification
Grammars. FUF 5.2 is written in Common Lisp.  The SURGE grammar has very
good coverage of English syntax and is inspired by systemic grammars
[Halliday 85] and HPSG.  Numerous examples are included.

USES:
- Research in text generation.
- Teaching of syntax and/or text generation [very successful].
- Front-end to text generation systems.

CONTACT:
          Michael Elhadad
          Ben Gurion University of the Negev
          Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
          Beer Sheva, 84105  ISRAEL
          +972 (57) 461-626
          elhadad@bengus.bgu.ac.il

License agreement can be found in file LICENSE of the distribution.

AVAILABILITY:
The latest version is Fuf 5.2 available ftp on
black.bgu.ac.il:pub/fuf/fuf5.2.tar.Z
cs.columbia.edu:pub/fuf/fuf5.2.tar.Z

Includes an updated manual, latest version of the SURGE grammar of English,
and many examples of input.
Further documentation is available in thesis.ps.Z (same sites) on the
grammar and use of the FUF system for lexical choice (Columbia University
PhD thesis).
More publications on FUF/SURGE are available on-line from the author.

MAILING LIST:
I maintain an informal mailing list of users.
Please contact me if you want to be updated on improvements to the grammar
and the unifier.  I also appreciate any feedback on the system, and on how
you use it.


Thanks,
Michael