Mai Matsubara


2025

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Natural Language Inference with CCG Parser and Automated Theorem Prover for DTS
Asa Tomita | Mai Matsubara | Hinari Daido | Daisuke Bekki
Proceedings of the Second Workshop on the Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (BriGap-2)

We propose a Natural Language Inference (NLI) system based on compositional semantics. The system combines lightblue, a syntactic and semantic parser grounded in Combinatory Categorial Grammar (CCG) and Dependent Type Semantics (DTS), with wani, an automated theorem prover for Dependent Type Theory (DTT). Because each computational step reflects a theoretical assumption, system evaluation serves as a form of hypothesis verification. We evaluate the inference system using the Japanese Semantic Test Suite JSeM, and demonstrate how error analysis provides feedback to improve both the system and the underlying linguistic theory.