RE: Noun First Verification.

"Carpet my office please" - Not OK?
"Carpet Red Home Depot # 12345" - OK?

"Switch location of desk" - Not OK?
"Switch Lutron 100W White" - OK?

"Cover my couch with new fabric" - Not OK?
"Cover Green Furniture" - OK?

My point is, the word itself doesn't tell you what you need to know, it's
the context. That last statement could even be a request for a Cover for
Green Furnuture, it could be a request for a Green Cover for funiture, or it
could be a request to cover the green furniture, how can you tell?

-Walden


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-----Original Message-----
From: SCarter@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:SCarter@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:56 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Noun First Verification.


I have a requirement to validate a description to determine if the first
word is a noun.
I could create a DB with Approved words and check that.  Which would be
relatively simple.
However,  I am being compelled to create something that will recognize
noun any noun....
I know this is a shot in the dark but has anyone had similar requirements
and how did you accomplish this...
The requirement is from our Purchasing Department below is an example.

bad
"I need a new pair of size 12 boots "
Good Example
"BOOTS, #519, SIZE 12D "



J. Scott Carter
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