Partial Constraints in Chinese Analysis

In t h i s paper , we desc r ibe a method us ing semantic c o n s t r a i n t s to reduce the a m b i g u i t i e s and generate case s t r u c t u r e f rom phrase s t r u c t u r e in Chinese sentence a n a l y s i s . Semantic c o n s t r a i n t s w r i t t e n on semantic markers i n d i c a t e the p l a u s i b l e case s t r u c t u r e . D i f f e r e n t se ts o f semantic markers are chosen accord ing to the purpose. A p r i o r i t y e v a l u a t i o n scheme s tee rs the a n a l y s i s towards the most p l a u s i b l e s t r u c t u r e f i r s t , w i t h o u t t r y i n g a l l p o s s i b i l i t i e s .