Re: Emergent Semantics

Dear Adam
thanks for sharing

please give examples of what to do with this, and what benefit it brings

thanks
PDM


On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 8:27 AM Adam Sobieski <adamsobieski@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Semantic Web Interest Group,
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> Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Representation Community Group,
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> Milton Ponson,
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> I have modeled, in a preliminary manner, the recursive tree-based and
> graph-based data structures which I previously described in this thread.
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> In the file:
> https://github.com/AdamSobieski/Logic/blob/master/Logic/Collections/ISemanticTree.cs
> , one can observe a tree node data structure such that semantic data can be
> attached. In the context of natural language, such data structures could be
> of use for modeling lexemes, phrases, sentences, paragraphs and so forth.
> The attached semantic data can be described as, at least in part, emergent
> – sentences, for instance, can have more semantics than the sum of the
> semantic data of their parts. The contents of the semantic data upon such
> tree nodes could be populated by processes including varieties of
> inferencing which occur during reading comprehension.
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> In the file:
> https://github.com/AdamSobieski/Logic/blob/master/Logic/Narrative.cs ,
> one can observe event nodes, event edges and event graphs. Events can have
> semantic data attached to them. Event graphs, graphs of interrelated
> events, can have semantic data attached to them. Event graphs are modeled
> in such a way that arbitrary event subgraphs can be found or created by
> specifying sets of edges. Events, event graphs and arbitrary event
> subgraphs can each have semantic data attached to them. The contents of the
> semantic data upon such events, event graphs and arbitrary subgraphs could
> be populated by processes including varieties of inferencing which occur
> during reading comprehension.
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> Best regards,
>
> Adam Sobieski
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> *From:* ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 21, 2019 9:56:07 AM
> *To:* Adam Sobieski; semantic-web@w3.org; public-aikr@w3.org
> *Subject:* Re: Emergent Semantics
>
> IMHO the following is a viable starting point for a broad discussion on
> semantics and natural language.
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> Statement:"language deals with domains of discourse that allow inner
> reflection, or transmitting or recording about domains of discourse"
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> From this starting point we can unify Buddhist logical systems,
> philosophy, religion, science, logic and mathematics in the process showing
> that they are all subject to Godel's Incompleteness Theorem.
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> The only way out of this is to strive for consistency using generalized
> conceptual frameworks such as can be created by using category theory.
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> Buddhists, linguists, neuro-scientists and psychologists are  slowly
> converging in their efforts to arrive at cognitive architectures and formal
> models for consciousness.
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> And what is emerging is the means to structure AI and AGI in a truly
> universal way, beyond mere machine learning.
>
> Milton Ponson
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> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
> Project Paradigm: Bringing the ICT tools for sustainable development to
> all stakeholders worldwide through collaborative research on applied
> mathematics, advanced modeling, software and standards development
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>
> On Saturday, May 18, 2019 9:37 PM, Adam Sobieski <adamsobieski@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Semantic Web Interest Group,
> Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Representation Community Group,
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> Greetings. I would like to broach, for discussion, emergence and emergent
> semantics.
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> We can envision data structures, e.g. trees and graphs, which contain
> recursive substructures, e.g. subtrees and subgraphs, such that each
> substructure can be adorned with semantic content. We can refer to this
> content which adorns structures and substructures as *emergent semantics*.
>
> An example scenario is that of natural language where sentences are
> comprised of lexemes and where sentences are thought to have more semantic
> content than the sum of the semantic content of the lexemes. Another
> example is that of narratives, comprised of events, where narratives are
> thought to have more semantic content than the sum of the semantic content
> of the events which comprise a fabula.
>
> In the example of natural language, we can envision lexeme data structures
> as being adorned with semantics (collections of triples, quads or predicate
> calculus expressions) which indicate the meanings of the lexemes. We can
> envision phrases, containing and comprised of the lexemes, as being adorned
> with semantic content. We can envision sentences, containing phrases and
> lexemes, as being similarly adorned. Paragraphs, comprised of sentences,
> may, too, be adorned with emergent semantics—and so on.
>
> In the example of narratives, we can envision event data structures as
> being adorned with semantics which indicate the events’ meanings/contents.
> We can envision graphs of interrelated events as being adorned with
> emergent semantic content. We can envision graphs containing subgraphs of
> interrelated events – each structure and substructure adorned with emergent
> semantics.
>
> Is there any interest here in emergent semantics? Could anybody recommend
> any hyperlinks or publications?
>
>
> Best regards,
> Adam Sobieski
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