Ben: I think the problem of contextuality may be solved like this:
Examples:
John and Mary have many kids. (like, 10)
This Chinese restuarant has many customers. (like 100s)
Many people in Africa have AIDs. (like 10s of millions)
so I propose a rule like this:
IF
n is significantly > the average / usual number of a thing X
or n is significantly > the majority of elements in a set Y
THEN
"there are many Xs"
or "there are many in Y"
Is that similar to your solution? =)
This kind of simple heuristic is not generally workable, though it may
work OK in some circumstances. Of course, this kind of thing has been
tried before many times by others over the last decades.
IMO this kind of rule cannot effectively be programmed into a system,
if one wants general functionality ... instead such mappings must be
*learned* ... taht is the Novamente approach.
ben
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