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谈空间:从空间语言意义推断

Talking Space: inference from spatial linguistic meanings

Cambridge Quantum Computing Ltd.(剑桥量子计算有限公司);Oxford University(牛津大学)

Vincent Wang-Mascianica, Bob Coecke

摘要:

本文关注的是自然语言和我们周围的物理空间的交叉,我们生活在其中,我们观察和/或想象的东西。语言的许多重要特征都具有空间内涵,例如,许多介词(如in、next to、after、on等)基本上是空间性的。空间也是许多单词/短语/句子/文本含义的关键因素,空间即使不是关键,也是参考(例如指向)和体现的上下文。我们提出了一种机制,如何空间和语言结构可以相互作用,在一个匹配的组成方式。例子包括笛卡尔空间,地铁站,棋盘上的棋子,彭罗斯的楼梯。我们构建的起点是组成自然语言意义的DisCoCat模型,我们放松以适应物理空间。我们解决了在空间中具有多个代理/对象的问题,包括每个代理相对于该空间具有不同能力的情况,例如,每个棋子可以做出的具体动作,或者一个棋子可以达到的不同速度。一旦我们的模型到位,我们将展示如何从物理空间的结构进行推断。我们还研究了空间的语言模型如何与其他与我们的感官和/或体现有关的模型相互作用,例如颜色,味道和气味的概念空间,从而产生一个丰富的意义组合模型,接近人类在世界上的经验和体现。

英文摘要:

This paper concerns the intersection of natural language and the physical space around us in which we live, that we observe and/or imagine things within. Many important features of language have spatial connotations, for example, many prepositions (like in, next to, after, on, etc.) are fundamentally spatial. Space is also a key factor of the meanings of many words/phrases/sentences/text, and space is a, if not the key, context for referencing (e.g. pointing) and embodiment. We propose a mechanism for how space and linguistic structure can be made to interact in a matching compositional fashion. Examples include Cartesian space, subway stations, chesspieces on a chess-board, and Penrose's staircase. The starting point for our construction is the DisCoCat model of compositional natural language meaning, which we relax to accommodate physical space. We address the issue of having multiple agents/objects in a space, including the case that each agent has different capabilities with respect to that space, e.g., the specific moves each chesspiece can make, or the different velocities one may be able to reach. Once our model is in place, we show how inferences drawing from the structure of physical space can be made. We also how how linguistic model of space can interact with other such models related to our senses and/or embodiment, such as the conceptual spaces of colour, taste and smell, resulting in a rich compositional model of meaning that is close to human experience and embodiment in the world.

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