natural  language understanding
... the program STUDENT, written in 1964 by Daniel Bobrow for his PhD dissertation at MIT, is one of the earliest known attempts at natural language understanding by a computer?
...  the program <a href="./STUDENT_(computer_program)" id="mwHBQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="STUDENT (computer program)">STUDENT</a>,  written in 1964 by <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Daniel_Bobrow" id="mwHBU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Daniel Bobrow">Daniel Bobrow</a>  for his PhD dissertation at <a class="mw-redirect" href="./MIT" id="mwHBY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="MIT">MIT</a>, is one of the earliest known  attempts at <b id="mwHBc"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Natural_language_understanding" id="mwHBg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Natural language understanding">natural  language understanding</a></b> by a computer?