MatrixGettingStarted

Getting Started with the Grammar Matrix

This page provides pointers for getting started with the Grammar Matrix customization system.

Where is the Matrix?

The customization system can be accessed from the following web page, now with minimal password protection because of spammers:

http://www.delph-in.net/matrix/customize/matrix.cgi
username: matrix
password: delphin

Where can I find instructions on filling out the questionnaire?

The most thorough instructions are in EmilyBender's course pages for Ling567 at UW. These course pages are updated each time the course is taught (roughly annually), but typically follow the same schedule:

• Lab 1 is an exercise about getting familiar with the LKB and doesn't really relate to the Matrix.
• Labs 2-4 walk students through creating testsuites on the one hand and filling out the customization system on the other.
• Labs 5-8 are about extending the grammars through tdl editing.

In addition, most of the libraries in the Grammar Matrix have at least some documentation on the MatrixDoc pages.

What other software do I need?

You'll want the LKB (LkbTop) or ace (AceTop), a text editor (preferably emacs), and [incr tsdb()]. Typically, the easiest way to get set up is with the Ubuntu+LKB Virtual Box appliance, maintained at UW.

How about papers I can read?

The key references for the Grammar Matrix are the following two papers:

• Bender, Emily M., Scott Drellishak, Antske Fokkens, Laurie Poulson, and Safiyyah Saleem. 2010. Grammar Customization. Research on Language and Computation 8(1):23-72. [.bib] [Pre-print available on request.]

• Bender, Emily M., Dan Flickinger and Stephan Oepen. 2002. The Grammar Matrix: An Open-Source Starter-Kit for the Rapid Development of Cross-Linguistically Consistent Broad-Coverage Precision Grammars. Carroll, John, Nelleke Oostdijk, and Richard Sutcliffe, eds. Proceedings of the Workshop on Grammar Engineering and Evaluation at the 19th International Conference on Computational Linguistics. Taipei, Taiwan. pp. 8-14.

A complete list of publications from the Grammar Matrix project is available on the project home page.