US Patent 11449687 Natural language text generation using semantic objects

Techniques for generating natural language text with a natural language generation (NLG) system using a plurality of semantic objects including a first semantic object. The techniques include: obtaining a first specification of the first semantic object, the first specification specifying a first set of one or more data variables, first attributes, a first vocabulary, and a first document structure configuration; obtaining, from at least one data store, first data related to the first set of data variables; determining values of at least some of the first set of data variables using the first data; generating the natural language text including first natural language text, using the first specification, the values of at least some of the first set of data variables; and outputting the generated natural language text.