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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
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Subject: Re: Categorization and Interconfusable Alternatives
Summary: An example from Danny Hillis
Keywords: Context Dependence
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Date: 24 Jan 89 13:25:48 GMT
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Stevan Harnad's notion of "interconfusable alternatives" turns up
in natural language understanding.  In _The Tomorrow Makers_, author
Grant Fjermedal quotes an example from Danny Hillis:

	1.  The astronomer married the star.

	2.  The movie producer married the star.

--Barry Kort