Automatic Definition Extraction and Crossword Generation From Spanish News Text

Automatic Definition Extraction and Crossword Generation From Spanish News Text

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This paper describes the design and implementation of a system that takes Spanish texts and generates crosswords (board and definitions) in a fully automatic way using definitions extracted from those SHOES CASUAL texts.Our solution divides the problem in two parts: a definition extraction module that applies pattern matching implemented in Python, and a crossword generation module that uses Holiday Stockings a greedy strategy implemented in Prolog.The system achieves 73% precision and builds crosswords similar to those built by humans.