A symbolic description of punning riddles and its computer implementation
<|reference_start|>A symbolic description of punning riddles and its computer implementation: Riddles based on simple puns can be classified according to the patterns of word, syllable or phrase similarity they depend upon. We have devised a formal model of the semantic and syntactic regularities underlying some of the simpler types of punning riddle. We have also implemented this preliminary theory in a computer program which can generate riddles from a lexicon containing general data about words and phrases; that is, the lexicon content is not customised to produce jokes. Informal evaluation of the program's results by a set of human judges suggest that the riddles produced by this program are of comparable quality to those in general circulation among school children.<|reference_end|>
@article{binsted1994a,
    title={A symbolic description of punning riddles and its computer
  implementation},
    author={Kim Binsted (Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of
  Edinburgh), Graeme Ritchie (Department of Artificial Intelligence, University
  of Edinburgh)},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:cmp-lg/9406021},
    year={1994},
    number={688 (Dept of AI). Submitted to "Humor"},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={cmp-lg/9406021},
    primaryClass={cmp-lg cs.CL}
}