Automated generation of classical chinese poetry

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Automated Generation of Classical Chinese Poetry MINGHUI YU

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Automated Generation of Classical Chinese PoetryMINGHUI YU

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Agenda1. My personal story

2. Classical Chinese Poetry’s key features1) Conciseness2) Patterns

3. Challenge & Plan

4. The significance

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Childhood Dream

LI Bai (701 – 762)

(arguably) the greatest poet in Chinese history

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Reality Check

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Art or Science

v.s.

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Key FeaturesConciseness Many as short as 20 characters

PatternsRhymingToneVocabulary

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Challenges Syntax (easy)

Semantics (harder)

Pragmatics (hardest)

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Plan Poetry Database (with focus on semantics and pragmatics) Machine Learning

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The Significance

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Thank you!

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