NLG has to do more than select a distinguishing description ( i.e. , one that unambiguously denotes its referent ; Dale 1989 ) : The selected expression should also be felicitous .
cooking up referring expressions
Robert Dale
NLG has to do more than select a distinguishing description ( i.e. , one that unambiguously denotes its referent ; Dale 1989 ) : The selected expression should also be felicitous . Consider the question , discussed in the philosophical logic literature , of whether it is legitimate , for a gradable adjective , to distinguish between `` observationally indifferent '' entities : Suppose two objects x and y , are so similar that it is impossible to distinguish their sizes ; can it ever be reasonable to say that x is large and y is not ?
NLG has to do more than select a distinguishing description ( i.e. , one that unambiguously denotes its referent ; @@CITATION ) : The selected expression should also be felicitous .